EFA kicks off 20th Anniversary celebrations in Perth
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) is today holding the first of a number of events to celebrate the organisation’s 20th anniversary. Founded in January 1994 to protect and promote the civil liberties of users of electronic communications systems, EFA has grown to become the major voice in Australia promoting and advocating for digital freedom, access and […]
An open letter from the Our Fair Deal Coalition to TPP trade ministers
The Our Fair Deal Coalition, an international group of civil society groups and commercial enterprises from across the countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement negotiations, has today written to responsible ministers in each of the TPP countries, calling on them to reject copyright proposals that would limit the open Internet, access to knowledge, […]
Google Books wins ‘fair use’ but Australian copyright lags
This article was originally published at The Conversation. Read the original article. By Nicolas Suzor. Nicolas is a Former Chair and Life Member of EFA and is currently a Senior Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology School of Law. Australia wants to foster innovation in a digital economy, but our copyright laws discourage businesses from […]
In the Silk Road Case, Don’t Blame the Technology
The man alleged to be “Dread Pirate Roberts,” the founder and operator of the Silk Road—an online marketplace where bitcoins were traded for a range of goods and services, including drugs — was arrested by the FBI in San Francisco this week. The criminal complaint, provides many details about how the site and its users […]
No evidence that graduated response schemes are effective
Dr Rebecca Giblin, Senior Lecturer in Law at Monash University has just published ‘Evaluating Graduated Response‘, a paper which examines the evidence behind claims by major rightsholders that ‘graduated response’ schemes are successful and effective. Graduated response (or ‘three strikes’) schemes have been implemented in a number of countries as an attempt to deter unauthorised […]