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  From: Brian Astill <brian.astill@flinders.edu.au>
  To  : Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 12:06:40 +1030

Re: Cracking down on copycats: enforcement of copyright in Australia.

On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Mark Newton wrote:

> To obtain a search warrant which permits the police to enter your home
> with official observers to ensure legal fair play within the court's
> checks and balances is one thing;  To give the same ability to a profit-
> motivated private individual or company is a fundamental assult on what
> it actually means to live under the common-law system.

I accept that.  But we are talking about the recommendations of a parliamentary
committee - not the lawful enactment.  When the recommendations are translated
into a Bill, I would expect your view (with which I concur) to be incorporated.
You are right to raise the issue at, or slightly before, that time.

> I'm not entirely sure that you understand the unprecedented magnitude
> of the change that has been proposed.

You have little evidence to that effect.  I have evidence that you are
screaming before you are struck.

-- 
Regards,
Brian

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Dr Brian Astill  Visiting Research Fellow
Flinders University Institute of International Education
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