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August 25, 2005

Australia-US Free Trade and anti-circumvention laws

The latest AGD E-news on Copyright gives details of the progress of implementation of the technological protection measures
(TPM) obligation in Article 17.4.7 of the Australia–United States Free
Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) (in other words, anti-circumvention laws!).

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs will examine whether there are exceptions additional to US’s TPM liability that would be appropriate for Australia to create.

(see also Kim Weatherall here and here.)

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Posted 25th August 2005 by David Jacobson in Legal