ACTA copyright negotiations underway: still secret, still worrying
The new round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations has started in Seoul. This round sees the introduction of the long-anticipated internet enforcement measures, which the US has drafted in secret. Michael Geist reports that the draft text is modeled on the US – South Korea free trade agreement, and focuses on five issues: Baseline […]
Disappointing L4D2 demo released; write to the Minister!
The Australian version of the Left 4 Dead 2 demo has been released, and the highly cut version is a bitter disappointment for many Australian gamers. First impressions from Australian gamers indicates that the highly-censored version results in a vastly inferior atmosphere to the original, uncut version. The lack of an R18+ rating is likely […]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Australia's lack of an R 18+ rating
Asher Moses is reporting on the outrage caused by leaked footage of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which allows players to play the part of a terrorist as part of a cut-scene. Once again, this story really shows how expressive video games can be. They’re constructed, like films, to elicit emotional responses in players, […]
EFA Annual Report for 2009
The EFA Board has released its annual report to members for the year 2008/09. The EFA AGM will be held on 16 November 2009. Thank you all for all of your continued support throughout the year. — Nic Suzor, EFA Chair
A short story about the olympics and non-commercial CC photos
Richard Giles has a few posts on his blog about a matter you may have heard about. Richard took some photographs at the Beijing Olympics and posted them on his Flickr account. Last week he was sent a rather forceful cease and desist letter from the IOC, which he also put up. The story was […]