Federal government proposals to allow people to legally copy music from their own CDs to an iPod or MP3 player have attracted mixed views from the industry.
The Attorney-General's office has started preparing a discussion paper to set parameters for the review of the Australian Copyright Act which may see consumers who have purchased movies or music legally able to transfer them to other media.
The music industry piracy investigations unit has blasted the Kazaa software after the release of the 2005 digital music report from International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
Despite fevered speculation Apple Australia was planning to announce today the launch of an iTunes music store in this country -- with some pundits claiming a statement was being prepared to coincide with the MacWorld conference in the US -- nothing eventuated.
Australia's online music stores have responded to music analyst Phil Tripp's criticism of the market, with one of the nation's largest players saying he "ought to catch up with the reality of online music downloads."
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