Quick Links on the Copyright Amendment Bill
A few quick links this morning on the Australian Copyright Amendment Bill:You can read the debate in the Senate on the Bill yesterday (several Senators from the Committee: Ludwig, Bartlett, Lundy,...
View ArticleYes, yes, Copyright Bill passes the Senate
While I've been on a plane back to Melbourne, everyone has already heard the news, yes, the Senate passed the Australian copyright reforms. So:here's the official press releaseread the Senate hansard...
View ArticleSome matters of interest: open access in Australia; german copyright debate
You will find, after a period of seriously heavy blogging recently owing to the Australian Copyright Amendment Bill, this blog will be a lot less active in the next while. I'm in Melbourne, but...
View ArticleAustralian government pulls a swifty on me: more amendments to the Copyright...
But wait, said the guy with the BeDazzler - there's more! I happened to be prowling around the Bills Net site today, looking for something, and lo and behold, I found the amendments the government...
View ArticleCopyright Amendment Bill Passes House
It seems that the Copyright Amendment Bill passed the House of Reps at around 4:15pm today.Welcome to the new Australian copyright world. Presumably royal assent will occur sometime mid December, and...
View ArticleUK Gowers Final Report: the commentary, the Oz Commentary
Well, the final report of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property has been released. The 140+ page report can be downloaded from here.This is a big deal for the UK - albeit it has been easy to...
View ArticleAGD enews on copyright
Attorney-General's new enews on copyright has been published. It is available here. Helpfully, it notes that the Copyright Amendment Act 2006 will shortly be available on the ComLaw website and a...
View ArticleSpeaking of orphan works...
Speaking of orphan works, this white paper has been released by the Documentary Organisation of Canada on copyright clearance woes and associated.
View ArticleAn interesting debate about fair use, the DMCA, 'space' and format shifting
can be found on Bill Patry's blog, here.
View ArticleThe growing Australian IP blogosphere
Warwick Rothnie (first posts: October 2004) and I (first post: way back in June 2002 believe it or not) are starting to look like elder statespeople in the Australian IP blogosphere. While I've been...
View ArticleHmmm...
The Attorney-General has issued this press release about the Gowers Report (I've already blogged on this), rather extravagantly claiming that 'The Gowers Review in the United Kingdom has taken the same...
View ArticleOde to Philip Ruddock
T'was the week before Christmas, and all through the landNot a creature was copying: such actions were banned.The iPods were placed in their cradles with careIn hopes that there soon would be music to...
View ArticleDid you know...
That at the moment, if you type "Australian Copyright Law" into Google, within the first page of results you get:"Boing Boing: Australia's copyright law breaks search engines"Google warns Aust...
View ArticleAn appropriate cartoon for copyright lawyers
For your morning giggle. An appropriate cartoon for all those who have suffered through Australian Copyright Reform, Circa 2006:
View ArticleCopyright all over the common law world...new NZ Bill...
[Note: the TPM part of this post has been updated, 15 December 2006]So, let's see:Australia has passed a copyright amendment bill, with lots of changes, particularly digital ones;The UK has the Gowers...
View ArticleQuick Friday Links: China expands censorship with implications for IP...
A few quick links for a Friday:According to news from NZ, 'concern is growing' over the New Zealand Copyright (New Technologies and Performers' Rights) Amendment Bill. Reading this story has caused me...
View ArticleWhy does everyone assume I am "a bloke"?
Why does everyone seem to assume I am a bloke? Is it something I said?
View ArticleNotice to all copyright geeks - Monday fun; Cooper judgment to be handed down
Judgment by the Full Federal Court is due in the Cooper litigation (first instance judgment here; commentary here, here, here, here) on Monday. Cooper deals with issues of authorisation of copyright...
View ArticleAmusing moments in spam filtering...
... when your email spam filter labels your boss's email as 'spam' (sorry, Vice-Chancellor...).
View ArticleCooper judgment out
Judgments (2 of them) are here.Helpdesk employee wins; Cooper and the ISP lose.Enjoy!More when I've read it.Hat tip: Starkoff again, naturally.
View ArticleOzBloggerCon
Peter Black, of Freedom to Differ fame, is talking about organising an Australian BloggerCon in March 2007. Tell him what you think about the idea, the content, etc etc etc here. Now all we have to do...
View ArticleCooper - how linking in Australia can land you in hot legal water
As I anticipated on Friday, and noted earlier today: the Full Federal Court judgment in the Cooper case has been handed down. This is a significant, appeal judgment on the scope of secondary liability...
View ArticleReactions to the Cooper decision
Various reactions to the 'linking is authorisation' Cooper decision handed down yesterday by the Full Federal Court:I commented yesterday (summary? 'troubling'. 'Have we, or have we not just had a very...
View ArticleThe Last Post (and five things you didn't know about me)
I have been tagged by the 'Five Things You Don't Know About Me' Meme that is doing the rounds (thanks Abi). (Like Starkoff, I'm not tagging anyone else). So here goes:I have two brothers. They are both...
View ArticlePostscript
I know, it kind of ruins the symmetry to post again, after 'The Last Post'.However, just after posting that last post, I got an email from Bill Patry, to let me know of the publication of his new...
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