What Does Copyright Have to Do With ‘Free Trade’?
This article, by Jeremy Malcolm, was originally published on EFF’s Deeplinks Blog. Jeremy is a former EFA Board Member and is currently Senior Global Policy Analyst at EFF. See the original article. What Does Copyright Have to Do With “Free Trade”? Unpicking the Undemocratic Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Democracy makes the job of our […]
Next tranche of new surveillance powers [Updated]
[Update: in a doorstop interview on 2nd July, Attorney-General Brandis said the following: ATTORNEY-GENERAL: Legislation that I will be introducing into the Senate in the week after next will give effect to the recommendations, the 21 recommendations in Chapter-Four of the Joint Parliamentary Committee Report on Intelligence and Security. That was, as I say, a […]
A small step towards fair use; a giant leap for the visually impaired
EFA welcomes the government’s announcement that Australia has finally signed the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities. This treaty is the result of many years of hard work from disability advocates and public institutions. It will give Australia’s blind and visually impaired persons (BVIPs) access to […]
Debrief from Brazil: 3rd June
The Internet Society of Australia, in conjunction with auDA, APNIC and the Federal Department of Communications are holding a ‘debrief’ on the Net Mundial: Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance, held last month in Sao Paolo, Brazil. This session will cover what happened, and what we can take away from the meeting, […]
Win a copy of No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald
We’ve got six copies of Glenn Greenwald’s recently published book, No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the Surveillance State to give away. Simply Join EFA or setup a recurring donation before the end of the financial year (30th June) to go into the weekly draw. Already an EFA member? Renew your membership […]