ZDNet Twisted Wire interview
By Nic Suzor This week I was interviewed by Phil Dobbie for ZDNet’s Twisted Wire program. Also interviewed were Peter Coroneos from the Internet Industry Association and Adrianne Pecotic from AFACT. You can listen to the podcast (direct link (mp3)). One thing I found disturbing about this interview was AFACT’s suggestion that the law was […]
Submission to interceptions network security admendments
After a very short consultation period, the Attorney-General’s Department is soliciting comments on its exposure draft of ‘computer network protection’ amendments to the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (Cth). EFA’s submission addresses our key concern that the proposed legislation provides a very broad exception to the prohibition on interception of network communications for the […]
Update in ZGeek defamation lawsuit
The plaintiff has re-filed in the NSW Supreme Court, once again alleging damages of around $43M in lost film revenues for alleged defamatory statements made by participants on the ZGeek discussion forum. It now appears that the plaintiff has additionally filed a trade mark application over the name ZGeek and threatened the forum operators with […]
ZGeek defamation lawsuit struck out
[ Edit: it appears that the Court struck out a preliminary motion to close down the site and rejected the original claim. The Plaintiffs seem to have indicated that they will re-file the claim. ] The good news is that yesterday, the Supreme Court struck out the ($42M) defamation suit against the operator of ZGeek. […]
EFA Newsletter: July 2009
Dear EFA Supporter, The outlook for online freedom in Australia continues to be less than stellar as the Rudd government’s plan for mandatory Internet censorship gains momentum, with computer games now in their sights. In the meantime, EFA received a link deletion notice – under threat of an $11,000 per day fine – for a […]