Parliamentary report on technological protection measures released

The report of the House of Representatives Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on technological protection measures exceptions was released yesterday, 1 March 2006.

The report relates to Australia’s obligations regarding technological protection measures in the Australia–US Free Trade Agreement, and the circumstances in which a person may be entitled to circumvent a technological protection measure.

The report includes recommendations for exemption from circumvention liability in a range of circumstances. In addition, it recommends that  technological measures intended to restrict the playing of DVDs and other items to particular regions (region coding) be excluded from protection under the Copyright Act.

Click here for the report.

Click here for the Committee's media releases relating to the inquiry.