<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 May 2014 15:10, Geordie Guy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elomis@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="cremed">elomis@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="">On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Joseph Goldman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joe@apcs.com.au" target="_blank" class="cremed">joe@apcs.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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The problem with this though is it is still technically illegal is
it not? The rights are not for distribution in AU so you are kind of
breaking copyright just as much as a torrent?</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>1) Infringing copyright is not a criminal offence in Australia unless it meets various secondary criteria. Commercial scale, public display, advertising and infringing work, circumvent technology protection measure etc.</div>
</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Related reading:</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_representatives_committees?url=ic/itpricing/subs/sub095.1.pdf">http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_representatives_committees?url=ic/itpricing/subs/sub095.1.pdf</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>TL;DR: Bypassing geo-blocking is not a breach of copyright (it falls under the same law that allows you to buy a player to play "geo-blocked" DVDs here).</div><div><br></div><div>BB</div><div>
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