^2 one media: ‘New copyright laws threaten to make criminals of us all’

Janet has pub­lished the DMCA quiz on Square One Media - you can read the full article here.

I like how it was ended:

So you see, it’s not just the com­puter nerds of the world who will be up in arms when the full impact of DMCA laws are felt. Anyone who pro­poses to trans­fer songs to their iPod or lend a book to a friend is poten­tially breach­ing the new rules. Linux Australia’s IP Policy Adviser, Rusty Russel thinks “con­sumers should con­tinue to enjoy full use of their legit­i­mately pur­chased digital mate­r­ial, whether it be playing DVDs, copying CDs onto their iPods, using com­puter pro­grams of their choice, or playing iTunes-​bought songs on non-​iPod MP3 players. You’ve paid for it, you use it as you see fit.”

That’s right! So head over to linux.​org.​au/law and print out a copy of the peti­tion. Get friends, work­mates and family to sign it so we can collate them. This directly affects what you can do with what you pur­chase and can end up crim­i­nal­is­ing things you take for granted and might even do on a daily basis.

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