Nothing New Here (Score 1)

Australia always has had it pretty much backwards with copyright law. I believe it was illegal under copyright law until just last year - maybe even this year - to rip CDs to mp3 players and record TV shows. Granted, this was never enforced, as far as I'm aware. The main thing that differentiates the US from Australia in regards to copyright laws is that you guys in the US actually stand up for your rights, whereas there seems to be this general apathy amongst the Australian public. Mostly because things like recording things off the radio, time-shifting etc was never really worried about by the authorities. My concern is that now with the Free Trade Act, there will be MUCH more pressure coming from the content distributors in the States, and if recent history is anything to go by, the US companies will say 'jump' and Australian authorities will say 'how high?'

Not looking forward to the next decade or so in copyright law...