‘Hunting the Rogues and Breaking the Internet: a new front in the online copyright enforcement battle’ Associate Professor Kimberlee Weatherall (Sydney) 2-3.30pm, Friday 30 March, 2012 Rogers Room, Woolley Building (A20), University of Sydney — see map: http://db.auth.usyd.edu.au/directories/map/building.stm?location=12E Abstract: The Internet Blackout in January 2012 saw thousands of websites ‘go […]
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Author: John Hilvert Mar 23, 2012 http://www.itnews.com.au/News/294749,acta-treaty-mauled-in-hearings.aspx Power to rights holders is a reason not to ratify agreement, say critics. Academics have savaged the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty over the power it affords intellectual property rights holders during a second round of joint committee hearings in Canberra. […]
Hello there. Internet network neutrality has been a hot topic for some years now, and doesn’t appear to be cooling down at any time. Recently the United Nations has throw its collective hats into the ring in an attempt to form some sort of global governing body.One of the fathers […]
Just recently I came across this enlightening piece from gizmodo [1], an op-ed from a British comedian who freely admits to consuming rich media services across a wide variety of sources (both legal and infringing). This is exactly the type of poor end consumer experience I’ve been bemoaning for years. […]
We’re a little unclear whether (Australian) Senator Conroy hasn’t been sniffing Liquid Ink (white out) between media engagements, take for example this great quote from the weekend: [1] "When you publish a list of titles of books that are banned, or movies that are banned, you don’t give access to […]
There’s been a whole lot more press on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement since the leak earlier this week. The treaty, which has been debated amidst tight security remains officially undisclosed to any public forum. In light of the recent leak, there has been a very interesting opinion piece posted […]
I’m incredibly proud that someone with some integrity has had the guts to leak the entire text (including latest edits as of January 2010) of what seems to be a latter-stages revision of the not-quite-secret, but “smells bad to me” trade agreement, the ACTA. You can find a copy of […]
Although many people have said it before, we can now label Obama as nothing but a cheap suit. Taking to office with a huge mandate for change, we’ve seen nothing but a Kevin Rudd style all-talk-no-substance approach to governance, which recently culminated with this unsurprising speech backing the ACTA, MPAA […]
Some refreshingly good news for a change – news in that the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly against the controversial anti-copyright trade agreement (ACTA) today, 663-13. The agreement, being debated in strict secrecy has been previously discussed on this blog and what we know if its provisions is chillingly disturbing. Countries […]
#NoCleanFeedWatch this blog for more information. Background: http://itnews.com.au/News/162941,breaking-conroy-reveals-plans-to-censor-internet.aspxAction: http://nocleanfeed.com Enough is enough – "only 32% of the sites on the ACMA blacklist are related to child pornography" : http://bit.ly/6LEewe
I’m not a fan of criticising without offering alternatives (Liberal party, please take note) so here are some ideas I’d like to float as alternatives to the nasty ETS garbage we almost had as law.. I’m not going to back these up with statistics (at the moment), just take them […]
So today the Government’s Emissions Trading Scheme [pdf] was voted down in the Senate. Before we get into it, I’d encourage you to (if interested) take a look through the official documentation on record from Parliament. If you’ll note, the Senate amendments look like they were aimed at driving down […]
Michael Geist (Canadian Copyright Guru) has published a summary of a document leaked [link] which contains the European Commission’s advance analysis of ACTA’s (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) Internet chapter which was recently discussed in Seoul, South Korea at the start of last month (November, 2009). Of particular note should be provisions […]
Those who have stumbled upon this blog before will be well aware of my hatred for what is brewing in the field of International copyright. The so-called “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement” (ACTA – summary) is bad news and it’s coming to a country near you – and soon. The recent meeting […]
In a vote which should shock no one, the European Parliament voted to increase copyright on musical works from publication/performance date + 50 years to publication/performance date + 70 years. Keep in mind that this new extension also gives producers extended income as well. However, the legislation also makes a […]