“Perhaps the most important piece of advice this column has offered in 15 years of prognosticating about IT, is something you can do in the next few weeks: overcome your natural apathy over participating in the so-called democratic process and have your say on the matter of fair use rights over copyright material. … We do not have those rights. Instead, Australian legislators have imposed what is arguably the most user-unfriendly copyright regime in the Western world …”
More at the The Edge.
Examination of International Fair Use Rights
The article includes a link to a study performed by the Australian Attorney-General. Apparently US Law is much broader (except for the DMCA) when it comes to fair use than most other legal systems.