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.
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 Dr. Jeffrey E. Brand, Associate […]
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 ethical, social and political questions […]
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 […]
Colin Jacobs reflects on SBS Insight
Colin Jacobs, Vice Chair of EFA, was a guest on SBS Insight on Tuesday night, discussing internet filtering with Senator Stephen Conroy, Mark Newton, Lyle Shelton and others. If you missed the show, you can stream it or view the transcript from the SBS website. Colin has an interesting wrap-up of Senator Conroy’s long-awaited engagement […]