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a) Australians have very high incomes and "CUBs" continue to happily pay for their over priced gizmos. For all his whining about unfair competition Gery Hervey
by fungi 13y ago
a) Australians have very high incomes and "CUBs" continue to happily pay for their over priced gizmos. For all his whining about unfair competition Gery Hervey isn't exactly suffering.
b) ALP and Liberal govs have happily voted for measures that entrenched regional distribution monopolies (FTA, draconian copyright regimes, criminalisation of DRM circumvention)
note: in the early days of the Howard government parallel importing of media was legalised, this had a dramatically positive impact on pricing for consumers.
- Volpe 13y ago> draconian copyright regimes What are you refering to?
- fungi 13y agoDRM aside... not an expert by any measure but the tight restrictions on "format-shifting" and limitations of "fair dealing" (as apposed to the broader rights granted under "fair use") come to mind. interestingly (according to wiki) the act specifically allows "circumvention of region coding." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modchip#Legality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modchip#Legality but modchips are still pretty much illegal... thanks FTA... (just fou d this article which lays out a pretty interesting history http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/02/mods-vs-lockers-region-coding-and-the-legal-dilemma/ http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/02/mods-vs-lockers-region-cod...).
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoCopyright schemes (region coding of DVDs for example) exist for the purpose of imposing regional pricing, among other reasons.