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 […]
No fair, no share: Australia sells out…again
EFA considers the leaked Intellectual Property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership to represent looming disaster for Australian citizens. Not only are the secret negotiations deplorable, as is Australia’s almost total agreement with the US positions, but if passed, its provisions will severely restrict choice, increase prices, and reduce freedom of expression. EFA agrees with many […]
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 […]
Fair Use is NOT Theft
The following post is a response from EFA Board Member Angela Daly to an article by Linda Jaivin, ‘Long story short: Fair Use is theft by any other name’ that was published in the Fairfax media on 31 July 2013. As an academic researcher working on intellectual property law and policy at the Swinburne Institute for Social […]