Posts Tagged ‘ copyright ’

EFA Submission to DBCDE Future Directions paper

  • February 11th, 2009
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accessibility, Copyright, Posts related to Creative Commons, dbcde, Digital Economy, ICT, training, open access, public sector information, submission Today I finished EFA's submission (PDF) to the Department of Broadband, Communication and Digital Economy’s Future Directions review. The submission tackles a number of important issues for the digital economy, including open access to public sector information, [ READ MORE ]

LCA2009 Reverse engineering, anti-circumvention, and other broken laws

LCA2009, LCA09, copyright, reverse engineering, s 47D, anti circumvention, modchips, foss, free software, drm I am about to run a presentation at Linux.conf.au 2009 in Hobart. I want to particularly talk about Section 47D of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Section 47D was a great affirmation of the right to reverse engineer computer programs for [ READ MORE ]

AFACT v iiNet copyright infringement suit

Not really pirates. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is one of Disney's films at the centre of the law suit. Image © Disney. As you may have heard, the movie industry has sued iiNet for copyright infringement. iiNet have responded that they will 'vigourously defend' the case. EFA released a press release here. [ READ MORE ]

DFAT briefing on the current state of ACTA

  • October 25th, 2008
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dfat, acta, copyright, enforcement, trademark, treaty Today I attended a briefing session on ACTA hosted by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). I felt it was a good meeting, and I really got the sense that DFAT were interested in public participation. There was a good deal of frustration on both sides [ READ MORE ]

IceTV: Day one of the High Court hearing

  • October 17th, 2008
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copyright, icetv, database, high court, originality Yesterday was the first day of the IceTV v Channel Nine appeal. Here's some links to follow: A good article by Brian Fitzgerald and Ben Atkinson on the issues: Third Party Copyright and Public Information Infrastructure/Registries: How much copyright tax must the public pay? A writeup on the first [ READ MORE ]

Mr Modchips – criminal circumvention charges reversed in the UK

  • September 19th, 2008
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copyright, anti-circumvention, tpm, modchips In late June a decision came down (which I appear to have missed) in the England and Wales Court of Appeal quashing the conviction of Mr Modchips (aka Neil Higgs) for providing modchips in contravention of the UK anti-circumvention provisions in s.296ZB of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (UK). [ READ MORE ]

IceTV: the idea / expression dichotomy in the Full Federal Court

  • September 17th, 2008
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copyright, idea, expression, dichotomy, IceTV, Desktop Marketing, Panel, federal court of australia Copyright applies to expression. The ideas which underlie the expression are not protected by copyright.In a literary work, the idea of the protagonist being awoken by a knock is not protectible, but the expression of that idea is: “While I nodded, nearly napping, [ READ MORE ]

Article: Where the bloody hell does parody fit in Australian Copyright Law?

  • August 7th, 2008
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(Image from Downwind Media.) My article on parody has recently been published by the Media & Arts Law Review. You can get it here: Nicolas Suzor, 'Where the bloody hell does parody fit in Australian copyright law?' (2008) 13(2) MALR 218. With many thanks to the MALR and Lexis Nexis publishing, it is available under [ READ MORE ]

IIA Australian ISPs will not forward copyright enforcement letters

  • August 4th, 2008
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copyright, privacy, isp, secondary liability, safe harbours, authorisation, afact, iia There is always a danger when intermediaries are pressured to act in the interests of copyright owners. There is little oversight, large risks to privacy, and little incentive to refuse in the interests of subscribers. Pressure on intermediaries really alters the copyright balance, making it [ READ MORE ]

Article Digital copyright and disability discrimination

  • July 24th, 2008
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copyright, anti-circumvention, accessibility, disability, print disability In Australia, blind people are able to access texts in braille and books ontape, but the demand for these media is decreasing. Blind people today areincreasingly reliant on texts in electronic form, and these are much lessreadily available in Australia. Electronic texts are more portable and lesscumbersome than large [ READ MORE ]

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