This reminds me of a post I read on crikey a while back.. <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/16/dont-waste-your-time-waste-theirs-a-guide-to-writing-to-ministers/">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/16/dont-waste-your-time-waste-theirs-a-guide-to-writing-to-ministers/</a><br>
<br>On Wednesday, 11 June 2014, Mark Walkom <<a href="mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com">markw@campaignmonitor.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">This may be a purely academic discussion anyway thanks to the Korean FTA - <a href="http://brendan.so/2014/06/11/kafta-to-require-changes-to-the-copyright-act/" target="_blank">http://brendan.so/2014/06/11/kafta-to-require-changes-to-the-copyright-act/</a><div>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">I dug into the “National Interest Assessment” itself and found the gem on point 17:</blockquote>
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Consistent with Australia’s existing obligations in the Australia-US and Australia-Singapore FTAs, and to fully implement its obligations under KAFTA, the Copyright Act 1968 will require amendment in due course to provide a legal incentive for online service providers to cooperate with copyright owners in preventing infringement due to the High Court’s decision in Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd, which found that ISPs are not liable for authorising the infringements of subscribers.</blockquote>
</blockquote><div><br></div>It's still worth making noise and standing against this.<div><br></div><div>A similar discussion has been started on SAGE-AU and there appears to be some traction on getting something happening with both groups. I strongly encourage anyone from either group to contact the respective execs and let them know if you would like to work together.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>(Disclaimer, I'm a SAGE-AU member and currently on the NSW Exec)</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999">Regards,<br>Mark Walkom<br>
<br>Infrastructure Engineer<br>Campaign Monitor<br>email: <a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','markw@campaignmonitor.com');" target="_blank">markw@campaignmonitor.com</a><br>web: <a href="http://www.campaignmonitor.com" target="_blank">www.campaignmonitor.com</a></font></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 June 2014 13:10, Peter Tiggerdine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ptiggerdine@gmail.com');" target="_blank">ptiggerdine@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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What about MM? - come back as an industry consultant. I'd suggest<br>
Simon Hackett, but might be hard to standard up to your employer.<br>
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On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Julian DeMarchi<br>
<<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','julian@jdcomputers.com.au');" target="_blank">julian@jdcomputers.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
> On 11/06/14 10:47, Burt Mascareigne wrote:<br>
>> Soooo.... How does the will of the people get heard? Do I have to go and get my pitchfork?<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Midwinter-Ball-Dinner-for-4-with-Australias-Prime-Minister-Tony-Abbott-/151320532401" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Midwinter-Ball-Dinner-for-4-with-Australias-Prime-Minister-Tony-Abbott-/151320532401</a><br>
><br>
> If we pool our monies together we could win this auction. Then we can<br>
> send 4 people straight to the source to voice our industries concerns. I<br>
> vote on Mark Newton, Daniel Watson, Tim Mach and one other person...<br>
> Probably Scott Howard.<br>
><br>
> --julian<br>
><br>
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</blockquote><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Jacob Gardiner<div><a href="http://twitter.com/jacobgardiner" target="_blank">@jacobgardiner</a></div></div><br>