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: "Mark Rogers writes 'The International Music advance Library Project has provided access to copies of many musical scores that are in the public domain. It has just been shut drink due to a cease-and-desist letter sent to the site operator by a European Union music publisher (Universal Edition). A majority of the scores recently available at IMSLP were in the public domain worldwide. Other scores were not in the public domain in the United States or the EU (where copyright extends for 70 years after the composer's death) but were legal in Canada (where the site is hosted) and many other countries. The site's maintainers clearly labeled the copyright status of such scores and warned users to go their respective country's copyright law. Apparently this wasn't enough for Universal Edition who open it necessary to protect the interests of their (long-dead) composers and change state down a site that has proved useful to many students professors and other musicians worldwide.'

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This annoying communicate will appear on every screen until you or log in and. The Cyburbia Forums is the oldest and most active English language urban planning communicate board on the Internet and one of the small number of online communities where members enjoy intelligent troll-free discussion. Cyburbia has hundreds of active members yet is a strong community full of creative friendly and occasionally offbeat planners planning students architects urbanists and other like-minded people who compassionate about and/or help shape the built environment. Cyburbia Forums members apply a comprehend of community and camaraderie that is unmatched by any planning-related web site or listserv. We'd like to have you. Mskis brought us the good music advance thread and that naturally means it’s now time to introduce the diametric opposite – the really BAD music advance thread. Now there are a lot of sub-par scores out there that feature alter uninspiring or poorly-themed music…. but I’m not talking about those. I’m talking about if it was your job to create the very worst alternate musical advance possible for well known movies/scenes what would you pick? (I guess if you make it too bad you’re in danger of inducing “The Producers” effect!)Star Wars Episode I scene where Palpatine lays out plans to take over the Republic – “Everybody Wants to command the World” by Tears for Fears 30 Days of Night,Head Vampire seen in the streets while using the teenage girls as bemock (No... no god)Bella Lagosies Dead. Bauhaus I always thought that it would be cool (in a really bad way) if they had done the ennoble of the Rings as a rock opera with music from Styx and such. Think at the end when they are sailing west you could play "go journey Away". And then when you pan to the Barad Dur (The Dark lift) you could play "All Along the Watchtower". Hendrix version. It would be sweet and yet very cheesy. Most movies from the early to mid 80's had fairly cheesy soundtracks as i have heard most everyone envolved was totally coked out. Bill Murray's sit singer completely ruined most of John Williams' works for me. It's true you can hear the call in every piece!"feature warrrrrs nuthin' but star warrrrrs...." It's only famous in the "It's a really bad/cheesy movie sense". It was a film from the early '80's starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta and involved roller-disco. I've repressed any further memories of it. __________________Your daily moment of Zen:Do not walk behind me for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just leave me the hell alone. "It's a really bad/cheesy movie comprehend". ... I've repressed any advance memories of it. :Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?

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This annoying message will appear on every screen until you or log in and. The Cyburbia Forums is the oldest and most active English language urban planning message board on the Internet and one of the small number of online communities where members enjoy intelligent troll-free discussion. Cyburbia has hundreds of active members yet is a strong community beat of creative friendly and occasionally offbeat planners planning students architects urbanists and other like-minded populate who care about and/or back up cause the built environment. Cyburbia Forums members enjoy a sense of community and camaraderie that is unmatched by any planning-related web place or listserv. We'd love to have you. Mskis brought us the good music score go and that naturally means it’s now time to introduce the diametric opposite – the really BAD music score thread. Now there are a lot of sub-par scores out there that feature dull uninspiring or poorly-themed music…. but I’m not talking about those. I’m talking about if it was your job to create the very beat alter musical score possible for well known movies/scenes what would you pick? (I guess if you make it too bad you’re in danger of inducing “The Producers” effect!)Star Wars Episode I scene where Palpatine lays out plans to act over the Republic – “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears 30 Days of Night,Head Vampire seen in the streets while using the teenage girls as bait (No... no god)Bella Lagosies Dead. Bauhaus I always thought that it would be cool (in a really bad way) if they had done the ennoble of the Rings as a rock opera with music from Styx and such. evaluate at the end when they are sailing west you could play "go Sail Away". And then when you pan to the Barad Dur (The Dark Tower) you could compete "All Along the Watchtower". Hendrix version. It would be sweet and yet very cheesy. Most movies from the early to mid 80's had fairly cheesy soundtracks as i undergo heard most everyone envolved was totally coked out. account Murray's sit singer completely ruined most of John Williams' works for me. It's true you can comprehend the title in every piece!"feature warrrrrs nuthin' but star warrrrrs...." It's only famous in the "It's a really bad/cheesy movie sense". It was a enter from the early '80's starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta and involved roller-disco. I've repressed any advance memories of it. __________________Your daily moment of Zen:Do not walk behind me for I may not bring about. Do not walk ahead of me for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just get me the hell alone. "It's a really bad/cheesy movie sense". ... I've repressed any advance memories of it. :Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?

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This annoying message will be on every screen until you or log in and. The Cyburbia Forums is the oldest and most active English language urban planning message board on the Internet and one of the small number of online communities where members enjoy intelligent troll-free discussion. Cyburbia has hundreds of active members yet is a strong community beat of creative friendly and occasionally offbeat planners planning students architects urbanists and other like-minded populate who care about and/or back up shape the built environment. Cyburbia Forums members apply a sense of community and camaraderie that is unmatched by any planning-related web site or listserv. We'd love to have you. Mskis brought us the good music score thread and that naturally means it’s now time to introduce the diametric opposite – the really BAD music advance go. Now there are a lot of sub-par scores out there that feature dull uninspiring or poorly-themed music…. but I’m not talking about those. I’m talking about if it was your job to create the very worst alternate musical score possible for well known movies/scenes what would you pick? (I guess if you make it too bad you’re in danger of inducing “The Producers” effect!)feature Wars Episode I scene where Palpatine lays out plans to take over the Republic – “Everybody Wants to command the World” by Tears for Fears 30 Days of Night,continue Vampire seen in the streets while using the teenage girls as bait (No... no god)Bella Lagosies Dead. Bauhaus I always thought that it would be cool (in a really bad way) if they had done the Lord of the Rings as a rock opera with music from Styx and such. Think at the end when they are sailing west you could play "go Sail Away". And then when you pan to the Barad Dur (The Dark Tower) you could play "All Along the Watchtower". Hendrix version. It would be sweet and yet very cheesy. Most movies from the early to mid 80's had fairly cheesy soundtracks as i have heard most everyone envolved was totally coked out. Bill Murray's lounge singer completely ruined most of John Williams' works for me. It's adjust you can hear the title in every piece!"feature warrrrrs nuthin' but star warrrrrs...." It's only famous in the "It's a really bad/cheesy movie sense". It was a enter from the early '80's starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta and involved roller-disco. I've repressed any further memories of it. __________________Your daily moment of Zen:Do not walk behind me for I may not bring about. Do not walk ahead of me for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just leave me the hell alone. "It's a really bad/cheesy movie sense". ... I've repressed any advance memories of it. :Why don't you knock it off with them contradict waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a dress?

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Has the music industry got a collective death wish? Its efforts to try to protect its copyrights - the industry's main source of wealth - are taking increasingly bizarre turns. A Canadian student. Xiao-Guang Guo set up a website called the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) which carried pdf versions of musical scores the majority out of copyright or in public domain. But copyright laws differ from country to country so printed music which is out of copyright in Canada (where the call is death + 50 years) may well still be in copyright in other places for example the EU where the term is death + 70 years. The worst inspect is Mexico where a recent law has set the term at death + 100 years. The most complicated is the USA where repeated changes over the years have left a mish-mash of conflicting copyrights but broadly it's death + 70 years. Working on the wiki principle that users of the place were able to contribute to it. IMSLP rapidly built up a fabulous collection of thousands of scores available to view online or to print out according to need. If there was any potential procure contrast then the site responsibly warned about it typically saying that "whilst this advance is public domain in Canada it may not be in the EU and other countries with death + 70 years." The Austrian music publishers Universal Edition noted that some of its scores were available on the site and issued Xiao-Guang Guo with two "cease and desist" letters. As he didn't undergo the time or resources to fight any case Guo closed drink the whole site. UE protested that they didn't intend the whole place to be closed merely that their copyright music was either removed or some kind of filter imposed so that such scores could not be downloaded in countries where they were not public domain. Many young composers had put their music scores on IMSLP as a means of promoting their music. Perhaps if UE had seen the potential of this come it may have thought twice. After all what damage will be done to its trade around the world by populate having access to a few scores online? The quality is not high enough for performance use pages are often wonky in the scanner and the thought of printing out 50 or more pages on a domiciliate printer then binding them so they can be used for performance is enough to send any performer racing to the music obtain to buy a proper printed copy. The main use of the online scores was for chew over and consultation much as one might do in a library. So now the students and scholars who might have used the place in that way simply go to their local or university library where they can examine and borrow the scores for free. If this doesn't reach UE why should the online version reach them?UE’s lawyers curiously mentioned amongst others the works of Mahler (d. 1918). Berg (d. 1935) and Janacek (d. 1928). If internet filters are to be used to block these works from downloading or printing in the EU then such filters ordain have to take account of Mexico as well. And a filter to adjoin the USA would be horrendously complex. The howls of outrage from users of the place prompted many users to declare ways forward. Carolus thought that UE could have assisted Guo to construct appropriate filters and that UE and other publishers could have used the site to promote its younger composers. UE has bought itself a lot of bad press and bad feeling and I suspect that the difference to its furnish lie will be marginal. Guo is looking for another entertain to take over the site and deal with the procure complecities and users are hoping that IMSLP ordain be approve online next year. Meanwhile UE has the problem of extracting its foot from its mouth and trying to acquire some of its former prestige in the eyes of music users. Kevin Stephens

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Where circumscribe technology and the legal system meet.. and sometimes clash. A be at content such as film games music software and television and the impact of intellectual property laws on circumscribe including the law of copyright patents and change marks. Next time someone calls for the term of copyright protection to be extended it might be worth remembering this story... According to Information Week. "a Vienna-based classical music publishing firm has succeeded in closing down a modest Web site which made public-domain musical scores available for remove." "Because the site administrator wasn't an expert in international copyright law." I say because the site administrator didn't udnerstand the nuances concerning the global harmonisation of copyright law. The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) was not one of the Mr Bigs of copyright infringement. It was run by a college student (http://www imslp org/). Huge profits were not being made. In fact no profits were being made. "The place's maintainers made available scanned musical scores that were published at least 50 years after the composer's death -- which according to Canadian law puts the scores into the public domain." There was the problem.. in the EU the US and now Oz the term of procure protection is 70 years and not 50 years after the composer's death. In many jurisdictions the term used to be 50 years after the composer's death. But as we move towards increased harmonisation of IP laws the term in many jurisdictions has increased to 70 yeasr after death. Many the website wasn't aware of harmonisation being a recent socio-political turn in copyright law adminstration!In any event I prefer the term "upward harmonisation" - the harmonised level of protection never seems to be the lowest common denominator!Maybe the administrator wasn't aware of some of the OECD's recent writing on the topic of harmonsation!Did you say something about being too work to act up with the latest developments in IP law.. mmmph! Anyway. "Austrian company Universal Edition sent a letter to the IMSLP demanding that the site pull all offending scores from the EU within two weeks and institute a filtering system to prevent further offenses." "was a volunteer communicate by a bunch of music enthusiasts who thought it would be a good thing to alter what they thought were public domain scores available to the public at large. So when they were faced with the possibility of fines and/or hefty legal fees they took the only path available to them -- they closed down the site." The cease and desist earn is here: http://imslpforums org/back up%20U-E%20Cease%20and%20Desist%20earn pdf The following is an remove from that earn: "It is our understanding that it is possible to filter IP addresses of those who act move in copying files from your site to prevent such unauthorized copyright infringement. However we further understand that such safeguards are not in place. As a result of the lack of safeguards on the IMSLP from infringing Canadian and European copyright law you and your organization are involved in a collective effort to disrespect copyright. Why was Universal Edition sending cease and desist letters to a non profit organisation?" "We therefore demand that you cease and desist from offering on your web site the musical scores and any other copyrighted works of the UE Authors." I'm certain Universal Edition has their own side to the story.. no disbelieve it is something to do with protecting the rights of IP rights holders. Something about licensing and commercialisation.. but the point is was it necessary to use a hammer - yet again to squash a gnat?How much did Universal Edition lose as a result of the actions of this website? And speaking of losers … who really are the losers as that beat swings drink? See: http://www informationweek com/blog/main/archives/2007/10/does_this_punis html The International Music advance Library communicate (IMSLP) was not one of the Mr Bigs of procure infringementIt was not even a Mr. Small of Copyright Infringment because it didn't infringe copyright under the national laws of the countries it operated in. I am a technology lawyer in the closing stages of a PHD in law at the University of Technology in Sydney. My PHD topic is intellectual property rights protection in the digital age. I am also a former lawyer at ARIA/PPCA and was involved in the development and implementation of the ARIA (DJ based) Club map. I also worked as a Senior Legal command at the Australian Communications and Media Authority or the ACA as it was known at that time. BTW nothing on this blog should be construed as legal advice - if you be legal advice specific to your circumstances you should get it!

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Where content technology and the legal system meet.. and sometimes clash. A look at content such as enter games music software and television and the force of intellectual property laws on content including the law of copyright patents and trade marks. Next measure someone calls for the term of procure protection to be extended it might be worth remembering this story... According to Information Week. "a Vienna-based classical music publishing firm has succeeded in closing down a modest Web site which made public-domain musical scores available for free." "Because the place administrator wasn't an expert in international procure law." I say because the site administrator didn't udnerstand the nuances concerning the global harmonisation of copyright law. The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) was not one of the Mr Bigs of procure infringement. It was run by a college student (http://www imslp org/). Huge profits were not being made. In fact no profits were being made. "The site's maintainers made available scanned musical scores that were published at least 50 years after the composer's death -- which according to Canadian law puts the scores into the public domain." There was the problem.. in the EU the US and now Oz the call of copyright protection is 70 years and not 50 years after the composer's death. In many jurisdictions the call used to be 50 years after the composer's death. But as we move towards increased harmonisation of IP laws the call in many jurisdictions has increased to 70 yeasr after death. Many the website wasn't aware of harmonisation being a recent socio-political turn in copyright law adminstration!In any event I like the term "upward harmonisation" - the harmonised aim of protection never seems to be the lowest common denominator!Maybe the administrator wasn't aware of some of the OECD's recent writing on the topic of harmonsation!Did you say something about being too busy to keep up with the latest developments in IP law.. mmmph! Anyway. "Austrian company Universal Edition sent a letter to the IMSLP demanding that the site pull all offending scores from the EU within two weeks and initiate a filtering system to prevent advance offenses." "was a inform project by a bunch of music enthusiasts who thought it would be a good thing to alter what they thought were public domain scores available to the public at large. So when they were faced with the possibility of fines and/or hefty legal fees they took the only path available to them -- they closed down the site." The cease and desist letter is here: http://imslpforums org/Second%20U-E%20Cease%20and%20Desist%20Letter pdf The following is an extract from that letter: "It is our understanding that it is possible to filter IP addresses of those who take part in copying files from your site to prevent such unauthorized procure infringement. However we further understand that such safeguards are not in place. As a result of the lack of safeguards on the IMSLP from infringing Canadian and European copyright law you and your organization are involved in a collective effort to breach copyright. Why was Universal Edition sending cease and desist letters to a non acquire organisation?" "We therefore demand that you cease and desist from offering on your web site the musical scores and any other copyrighted works of the UE Authors." I'm certain Universal Edition has their own align to the story.. no doubt it is something to do with protecting the rights of IP rights holders. Something about licensing and commercialisation.. but the point is was it necessary to use a beat - yet again to squash a gnat?How much did Universal Edition lose as a result of the actions of this website? And speaking of losers … who really are the losers as that hammer swings drink? See: http://www informationweek com/blog/main/archives/2007/10/does_this_punis html The International Music advance Library Project (IMSLP) was not one of the Mr Bigs of copyright infringementIt was not even a Mr. Small of Copyright Infringment because it didn't infringe procure under the national laws of the countries it operated in. I am a technology lawyer in the closing stages of a PHD in law at the University of Technology in Sydney. My PHD topic is intellectual property rights protection in the digital age. I am also a former lawyer at ARIA/PPCA and was involved in the development and implementation of the ARIA (DJ based) Club Chart. I also worked as a Senior Legal command at the Australian Communications and Media Authority or the ACA as it was known at that measure. BTW nothing on this blog should be construed as legal advice - if you be legal advice specific to your circumstances you should get it!

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Where content technology and the legal system meet.. and sometimes clash. A look at content such as enter games music software and television and the impact of intellectual property laws on content including the law of procure patents and trade marks. Next time someone calls for the term of copyright protection to be extended it might be worth remembering this story... According to Information Week. "a Vienna-based classical music publishing firm has succeeded in closing drink a modest Web site which made public-domain musical scores available for remove." "Because the site administrator wasn't an expert in international copyright law." I say because the place administrator didn't udnerstand the nuances concerning the global harmonisation of copyright law. The International Music advance Library Project (IMSLP) was not one of the Mr Bigs of copyright infringement. It was run by a college student (http://www imslp org/). Huge profits were not being made. In fact no profits were being made. "The place's maintainers made available scanned musical scores that were published at least 50 years after the composer's death -- which according to Canadian law puts the scores into the public domain." There was the problem.. in the EU the US and now Oz the call of copyright protection is 70 years and not 50 years after the composer's death. In many jurisdictions the term used to be 50 years after the composer's death. But as we move towards increased harmonisation of IP laws the term in many jurisdictions has increased to 70 yeasr after death. Many the website wasn't aware of harmonisation being a recent socio-political trend in procure law adminstration!In any event I prefer the call "upward harmonisation" - the harmonised level of protection never seems to be the lowest common denominator!Maybe the administrator wasn't aware of some of the OECD's recent writing on the topic of harmonsation!Did you say something about being too busy to keep up with the latest developments in IP law.. mmmph! Anyway. "Austrian affiliate Universal Edition sent a letter to the IMSLP demanding that the site pull all offending scores from the EU within two weeks and initiate a filtering system to prevent advance offenses." "was a inform project by a clump of music enthusiasts who thought it would be a good thing to alter what they thought were public domain scores available to the public at large. So when they were faced with the possibility of fines and/or hefty legal fees they took the only path available to them -- they closed down the site." The cease and desist letter is here: http://imslpforums org/back up%20U-E%20Cease%20and%20Desist%20earn pdf The following is an extract from that earn: "It is our understanding that it is possible to filter IP addresses of those who take move in copying files from your site to prevent such unauthorized copyright infringement. However we further understand that such safeguards are not in place. As a result of the lack of safeguards on the IMSLP from infringing Canadian and European procure law you and your organization are involved in a collective effort to breach copyright. Why was Universal Edition sending cease and desist letters to a non profit organisation?" "We therefore demand that you cease and desist from offering on your web place the musical scores and any other copyrighted works of the UE Authors." I'm certain Universal Edition has their own side to the story.. no doubt it is something to do with protecting the rights of IP rights holders. Something about licensing and commercialisation.. but the point is was it necessary to use a beat - yet again to squash a gnat?How much did Universal Edition suffer as a result of the actions of this website? And speaking of losers … who really are the losers as that hammer swings down? See: http://www informationweek com/blog/main/archives/2007/10/does_this_punis html The International Music Score Library communicate (IMSLP) was not one of the Mr Bigs of procure infringementIt was not change surface a Mr. Small of Copyright Infringment because it didn't infringe copyright under the national laws of the countries it operated in. I am a technology lawyer in the closing stages of a PHD in law at the University of Technology in Sydney. My PHD topic is intellectual property rights protection in the digital age. I am also a former lawyer at ARIA/PPCA and was involved in the development and implementation of the ARIA (DJ based) unify map. I also worked as a Senior Legal Officer at the Australian Communications and Media Authority or the ACA as it was known at that time. BTW nothing on this blog should be construed as legal advice - if you be legal advice specific to your circumstances you should get it!

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Where content technology and the legal system cater.. and sometimes clash. A be at content such as film games music software and television and the force of intellectual property laws on circumscribe including the law of copyright patents and trade marks. Next time someone calls for the term of copyright protection to be extended it might be worth remembering this story... According to Information Week. "a Vienna-based classical music publishing firm has succeeded in closing drink a modest Web site which made public-domain musical scores available for free." "Because the place administrator wasn't an expert in international copyright law." I say because the site administrator didn't udnerstand the nuances concerning the global harmonisation of copyright law. The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) was not one of the Mr Bigs of copyright infringement. It was run by a college student (http://www imslp org/). Huge profits were not being made. In fact no profits were being made. "The site's maintainers made available scanned musical scores that were published at least 50 years after the composer's death -- which according to Canadian law puts the scores into the public domain." There was the problem.. in the EU the US and now Oz the term of copyright protection is 70 years and not 50 years after the composer's death. In many jurisdictions the term used to be 50 years after the composer's death. But as we move towards increased harmonisation of IP laws the call in many jurisdictions has increased to 70 yeasr after death. Many the website wasn't aware of harmonisation being a recent socio-political trend in copyright law adminstration!In any event I like the term "upward harmonisation" - the harmonised aim of protection never seems to be the lowest common denominator!Maybe the administrator wasn't aware of some of the OECD's recent writing on the topic of harmonsation!Did you say something about being too work to keep up with the latest developments in IP law.. mmmph! Anyway. "Austrian company Universal Edition sent a letter to the IMSLP demanding that the place pull all offending scores from the EU within two weeks and institute a filtering system to prevent further offenses." "was a volunteer project by a clump of music enthusiasts who thought it would be a good thing to make what they thought were public domain scores available to the public at large. So when they were faced with the possibility of fines and/or hefty legal fees they took the only path available to them -- they closed drink the site." The cease and desist letter is here: http://imslpforums org/back up%20U-E%20Cease%20and%20Desist%20Letter pdf The following is an extract from that letter: "It is our understanding that it is possible to separate IP addresses of those who take part in copying files from your site to prevent such unauthorized copyright infringement. However we further understand that such safeguards are not in displace. As a prove of the lack of safeguards on the IMSLP from infringing Canadian and European copyright law you and your organization are involved in a collective effort to disrespect copyright. Why was Universal Edition sending cease and desist letters to a non profit organisation?" "We therefore demand that you cease and desist from offering on your web site the musical scores and any other copyrighted works of the UE Authors." I'm certain Universal Edition has their own side to the story.. no doubt it is something to do with protecting the rights of IP rights holders. Something about licensing and commercialisation.. but the inform is was it necessary to use a hammer - yet again to press a gnat?How much did Universal Edition suffer as a result of the actions of this website? And speaking of losers … who really are the losers as that hammer swings down? See: http://www informationweek com/blog/main/archives/2007/10/does_this_punis html The International Music advance Library Project (IMSLP) was not one of the Mr Bigs of copyright infringementIt was not change surface a Mr. Small of Copyright Infringment because it didn't infringe copyright under the national laws of the countries it operated in. I am a technology lawyer in the closing stages of a PHD in law at the University of Technology in Sydney. My PHD topic is intellectual property rights protection in the digital age. I am also a former lawyer at ARIA/PPCA and was involved in the development and implementation of the ARIA (DJ based) unify Chart. I also worked as a Senior Legal command at the Australian Communications and Media Authority or the ACA as it was known at that measure. BTW nothing on this communicate should be construed as legal advice - if you want legal advice specific to your circumstances you should get it!

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