"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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It would seem that Oz has turned the tables on would be user fee
monger, Boeing:


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Business AVflash Volume 2, Issue 2 -- January 21, 2004
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JEPPESEN TAKES ON DOWNUNDER USER FEES
Jeppesen said earlier this month that it is refusing, so far, to sign
an agreement with the Australian government to pay what in the U.S.
would be a user fee for the privilege of using public data to compile
aeronautical charts and information. According to Jeppesen, it and
other commercial organizations are being asked by Airservices
Australia to sign a licensing agreement and pay a license fee, the
first of its kind. Jeppesen says the amount of the fee has yet to be
determined, but it and other companies compiling such data are
confident that it will be significant.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#186538


On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:39:21 +1300, "Cockpit Colin"
wrote in Message-Id: :

Ultimately it won't cost them a cent - it's us who'll be paying


Perhaps. If Boeing/Jeppesen were to refuse to pay for the database,
and pull out of the Oz market, I'll bet there would be a rather large
backlash. Or they could glean the data from the government printed
documents (plates, charts, ...), and go right along without paying the
new license fee.

I just found it ironic that Boeing/Jeppesen, who are in the business
of providing contract ATC services to nations that are privatizing, is
unhappy about the prospect of paying.