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              | Date: 2001-03-07 
 
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 Unter dem "Digital Agenda Act" ist es in Australien ab sofort
 nur dann erlaubt, E-Mails weiterzuleiten, wenn es der
 Absender ausdrücklich gestattet. Wer das Copyright des
 Absenders verletzt, dem droht eine hohe Geldstrafe oder bis
 zu fünf Jahre Gefängnis.
 
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 relayed by
 Franz -STAR- Starhan <starhan@gmx.net>
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 Sharing e-mail banned by law By SIMON KEARNEY 04mar01
 
 FORWARDING an e-mail to friends, family or colleagues
 without permission from the sender is illegal from today and
 could result in severe penalties.
 
 New laws set out maximum penalties of five years' jail or
 fines of $60,000.
 
 The illegality stems from breaching the copyright held by the
 person who originally wrote the e-mail.
 
 An estimated five million or more e-mails are forwarded each
 day around the nation.
 
 Attorney-General Daryl Williams QC has warned Australians
 that they could be breaking the law, if they continue to
 forward e-mails from today.
 
 "It's quite possible that the forwarding of an e-mail could be a
 technical infringement of copyright," Mr Williams' legal
 adviser told The Sunday Telegraph.
 
 "E-mailing something is a `communication' under the Digital
 Agenda Act and so is putting something up on a website."
 
 The new measures cover material which already has
 copyright protection -- such as excerpts from books or song
 lyrics -- as well as personal messages.
 
 This means a simple message about office gossip, holiday
 plans or a new romance carries personal copyright and the
 recipient has no right to forward it without permission.
 
 An e-mail sex scandal erupted in Britain last year when
 London lawyer Bradley Chait forwarded a personal e-mail
 from his girlfriend, Claire Swire, to six friends, who in turn
 forwarded the e-mail to others. The e-mail, which described
 his sexual prowess, eventually made its way around the
 world and led to the lawyer being severely disciplined by his
 employer.
 
 Internet Industry Association executive director Peter
 Coroneos said forwarding e-mail had probably always involved
 a technical breach of copyright, adding: "It's a matter of
 whether the authors themselves are likely to be concerned."
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 Mehr davon
 http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,1768268%255E421,00.html
 
 
 
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 published on: 2001-03-07
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