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Comment Re:removing parallel-import restrictions is obviou (Score 2) 125

by Bluemar5 on Monday July 29, 2013 @09:08AM (#44411357) Attached to: Australian Government Releases Report Into IT Price Fixing

Software was removed from parallel importing restrictions in the Copyright Amendment (Parallel Importation) Bill of 2001. It can't be used as an excuse to price gouge..

Submission + - Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into IT Pricing Publishes Report 1

Submitted by elphie007 on Monday July 29, 2013 @03:30AM

elphie007 writes: Fourteen months after the Australian Parliament announced an inquiry into the disparity between IT pricing for Australian consumers, the Committee's final report has been published. The report highlights the importance of IT in Australia, and that Australian consumers are frequently shafted in an uncomfortable manner when it comes to purchasing IT goods and services. With recommendations ranging from the removal of parallel importation restrictions to the possible banning of geo-blocking services, could this mean the end of US bound Adobe shopping trips and the beginning of pricing equality for Australian IT consumers? More reports/analysis is available here and here.

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