Copyright laws outdated

In today's Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), Dr Matthew Rimmer from the Australian National University (ANU) has commented that the Australian copyright laws are still not keeping up with technology developments and need to be updated. While the copyright law has been updated to include personal media devices like the iPod, the law is out of date when it comes to other areas of the internet, including YouTube, Google, Wikipedia and so on. He said that "At the very least, Australia should provide equivalent protections that exist in the United States".

Technology keeps developing, and the law always has a hard time keeping up!

Read more at SMH article.