what a shame he doesnt have the same sentiments when negotiating big deals with the multi nationals as we saw with him and mick dodson and the kistler space deal at woomera...iw ---------- > From: Trudy Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: news-clip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: ABC News: Snowdon attacks Parliament over Yirrkala petitions > Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 2:02 PM > > And the theft continues! --- Trudy > ========================= > > ABC News > Mon, 17 Apr 2000 6:45 CDT > LOCAL NEWS : Northern Territory > > Snowdon attacks > Parliament over Yirrkala > petitions > > The Northern Territory's Federal Member, > Warren Snowdon, has called on the Federal > Parliament to respect the intellectual property > rights of indigenous people. > > Mr Snowdon says the Parliament has claimed > copyright for the Commonwealth of the famous > Yirrkala bark petitions. > > The petitions were presented to Parliament in > 1963 by Aboriginal people in north-east Arnhem > Land concerned about land ownership. > > Mr Snowdon says the intellectual copyright > belongs to the custodians at Yirrkala. > > He says it is not clear whether the > Commonwealth is making money from > reproductions of the bark petitions. > > "Where people seek to use these copies they > should be referred, as they have done in the > past," he said. > > "The authorisation for the reproductions should > be made by the people of Yirrkala not by the > Parliament and where there is approval for > those reproductions, any cost involved should > just be a charge which meets the costs of > reproduction. > > "There should not be any element of profit > involved," Mr Snowdon said. > > � 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation > > > ************************************************************************* > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without > permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, > scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal > copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of > the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > > ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
