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  From: Brian Astill <brian.astill@flinders.edu.au>
  To  : Glen Turner <glen.turner@aarnet.edu.au>
  Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:39:12 +1030

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

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Glen Turner wrote:
> Brian Astill wrote:
> > 
> > You remark is not justified.
> 
> My apologies, I was just a bit tired of trying to get people to actually
> do something rather than just post e-mail about it.

No problem.  I shouldn't have reacted in the first place.
 
> The intent would be to advocate intellectual property rights to the
> extent that they have a social benefit.  This does not fundementally
> differ from the view of the government.

Would be nice if we could show that policing "x" in "thus" way is very
expensive and irksome, whereas doing thing like "this" in our way has HUGE cost
and administrative benefits.

-- 
Regards,
Brian

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