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 […]
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 […]
ContestedFooty.com responds to the AFL
A few weeks ago, I reported that ContestedFooty.com had received a cease & desist letter from the AFL over its use of original images depicting AFL players in the context of reporting and providing commentary on AFL news and events. We were able to put the administrators of ContestedFooty.com in touch with a local solicitor […]
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 copyright infringement for non-profit supply […]
Pirate bay operators found guilty. Where to from here?
A few days ago, a Swedish court found the four figures behind thepiratebay.org guilty of criminal copyright infringement and sentenced them to pay approximately $5M AUD in damages and serve a one year prison sentence. The severity of the punishment is surprising, particularly as the operators of the Pirate Bay played a fairly loose role […]