Hi guys, Great! No doubt you're in touch with Trish at the ADA, but I've forwarded this on to her as well for coordination purposes.
Kim KIMBERLEE WEATHERALL | Associate Professor Faculty of Law THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY T +61 2 9351 0478 | F +61 2 9351 0200 | M +61 403 762 544 From: wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Tony Souter Sent: Tuesday, 12 November 2013 10:14 PM To: Wikimedia Australia Chapter Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press Producing a position paper that the ADA can use would be one of the most significant things the chapter ever did. Assistance from other Wikimedians might be forthcoming if messages are posted (by the committee) on mailing lists asking for advice after a draft is written. Some of Australia's copyright restrictions are ridiculous and unsustainable. Please think of what the strategy would be. At a guess, analysing any ADA proposal, setting out how draconian some aspects of Australian copyright law are compared with those in the US (e.g. no fair use), and organising WMAU members to lobby on social media etc. Tony On 12/11/2013, at 7:28 PM, Andrew Owens wrote: http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/why-creating-memes-is-illegal-in-australia/story-fnjwmwrh-1226758121774 The Australian Digital Alliance is pushing for a fair use amendment to the Copyright Act. Is there anything WMAu and its supporters can do to get on board with it? kindest regards Andrew _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
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