A small step towards fair use; a giant leap for the visually impaired
EFA welcomes the government’s announcement that Australia has finally signed the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities. This treaty is the result of many years of hard work from disability advocates and public institutions. It will give Australia’s blind and visually impaired persons (BVIPs) access to […]
EFA calls for the prompt introduction of fair use into Australian copyright law
Media Release: Canberra, 13th February 2014 Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) todays calls on the federal government and opposition to support the prompt introduction of fair use into Australian copyright law. Australia’s current Copyright Act is no longer fit for purpose in an environment of increasingly rapid innovations in technology and service delivery. The current law […]
EFA awards Senator for achievements in digital rights
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam said today that he was humbled to receive Electronic Frontiers Australia’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement award for services to digital rights at their 20th anniversary celebrations tonight. Founded in January 1994 to protect and promote the civil liberties of electronic communications systems users, EFA has grown to become the major voice in […]
EFA kicks off 20th Anniversary celebrations in Perth
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) is today holding the first of a number of events to celebrate the organisation’s 20th anniversary. Founded in January 1994 to protect and promote the civil liberties of users of electronic communications systems, EFA has grown to become the major voice in Australia promoting and advocating for digital freedom, access and […]
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, […]