[plug] [OT] Australia To Adopt U.S.-Style Copyright Laws

[James Devenish]

In message <1076378770.15107.59.camel at sarge>
on Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 10:06:10AM +0800, Scott Middleton wrote:
> I understand copying America in a lot of ways really sucks but no
> one has mentioned what we are getting in return. Does any one know?

Despite the shortage of accurate, complete and easily-digested coverage:
if it is true that "Australia voted against becoming a republic because
the proposed model was not acceptable", then it might likewise be a case
That "regardless of /any/ potential benefits of the AUSFTA, the text as
a whole is unacceptable".