The new government chose to enlarge intellectual property restrictions beyond even the FTA's requirements. Although some people hoped the FTA would introduce "fair use" or "personal use" provisions, I don't think any legislation of that type has been passed. If you have a time machine, you might like to start a political campaign about eighteen months ago.
There already is a political campaign in Australia, and it's been running for more than 18 months, c/o the Electronic Frontiers Association.
<http://www.efa.org.au/> Rather than anyone starting their own, probably better to support the EFA. Have fun, Shay (EFA member) -- =========================== Shay Telfer ================================ Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shay fnord <http://sungroper.asn.au/>
