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The Australian Attorney-General's Department is looking to increase the penalties for copyright infringement, and has outlined its proposal in a new draft resolution.
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The draft of the copyright infringement notice scheme (PDF, also available in word format) says that copyright infringement offenses include, among other things:
∙Making infringing copy commercially.
∙Selling or hiring out infringing copy.
∙Exhibiting infringing copy in public commercially.
∙Distributing infringing copy.
∙Making (or possessing) device for making infringing copy.
∙Causing recording or film to be heard or seen in public.
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The "infringing device" is "...a device that is alleged to have been made to be used for making an infringing copy of a work or other subject-matter and that is alleged to have been involved in the commission of the offence."
So, for example, if someone was caught selling a pirated music album, the "infringing article" would be the CD, and the "infringing device" would be the CD burner used to make the pirated CD.
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The draft of the copyright infringement notice scheme (PDF, also available in word format) says that copyright infringement offenses include, among other things:
∙Making infringing copy commercially.
∙Selling or hiring out infringing copy.
∙Exhibiting infringing copy in public commercially.
∙Distributing infringing copy.
∙Making (or possessing) device for making infringing copy.
∙Causing recording or film to be heard or seen in public.
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The "infringing device" is "...a device that is alleged to have been made to be used for making an infringing copy of a work or other subject-matter and that is alleged to have been involved in the commission of the offence."
So, for example, if someone was caught selling a pirated music album, the "infringing article" would be the CD, and the "infringing device" would be the CD burner used to make the pirated CD.
