Some local linux and open source folk have started a petition against the Intellectual Property provision in the proposed Free Trade Agreement. We need to get a lot of signatures on this so we can get the senate to understand the problem.

The IP provisions of the FTA do everything to support the rights of enormous media companies, further extends the lifetime of copyright, and criminalises reverse engineering and circumvention devices. A circumvention device is something like a multi-region DVD player, so this will potentially criminalise watching legal DVDs purchased in Asia.

Please sign here.