ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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Australia opposes treaty to enhance access of blind people to copyright material
Cory Doctorow is reporting that Australia is part of a group of countries that are opposing a treaty that would ensure that people with a print disability have greater access to published copyright material. The draft treaty (MS Doc; Google cache here) includes several important clauses, including: an exception to…
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Contested Footy blog receives cease and desist
ContestedFooty.com, an AFL commentary blog run by some university students in Melbourne, has received a Cease & Desist letter from the AFL. The AFL allege that the blog infringes their intellectual property rights – both the trademarks and the copyright in the AFL and team logos and names.
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IEEE SSIT forum: "WOW, they’re uncontrollable: Online games, censorship and the crisis of control" (Melbourne, 13 May 2009)
Dr Greg Adamson, Chair, SSIT Australia advises that the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) is running a forum next week about online gaming and censorship that promises to be very interesting. WOW, they’re uncontrollable: Online games, censorship and the crisis of control 6:00-7:30pm, Wednesday 13 May 2009…
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EFA links removal notice – a free speech analysis
Today EFA’s hosting provider received a Final Link Deletion Notice from ACMA, requiring us to remove a link to a page that contains images of aborted foetuses from our website. We have complied with this notice because it exposes our host to fines of up to $11,000 per day that…
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EFA gets link removal notice
EFA’s web hosting provider was today the recipient of a Link Deletion notice from ACMA for an article on our web site ironically entitled “Net censorship already having a chilling effect“. The original article included a link to a page at abortiontv.com that includes graphic images and was previously added…
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Melb Event – The Tangled Web: Beyond An Internet Filter
newmatilda.com presents a national series of public forums about the internet regulation debate in Australia. The Federal Government’s proposal to block internet sites with a mandatory filter has drawn overwhelming opposition from voices across politics and civil society. So what are the real questions for policy-makers? These forums explore the…