26 January 2012: Australian organisations destined for the cloud now have the dilemma of dealing with warrantless demands from US law enforcement as part of their due diligence, a partner at a top international law firm said. Connie Carnabuci, a Hong Kong-based partner at global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, said recent cases such as […] Read more »
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ACMA considers privacy of material sourced from Facebook
19 December 2011: The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has been asked to consider the privacy of material sourced from Facebook. The ACMA investigated whether the broadcast of material sourced from Facebook breaches the privacy provisions in the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice 2010 (the code) in regards to a Seven Local News […] Read more »
Keeping Secrets in Times of Weak Law
12 December 2011: An outline of the 2011 CMCL conference ‘Keeping Secrets in Times of Weak Law’ with a run-down of the panels on Cybersecurity, Trade and Commercial Secrecy, and Privacy from the Fortnightly Review of IP and Media Law. Full story here. Read more »
2012: The Year of UN Regulation of the Internet?
December 8 2011: FTC Commissioner Robert McDowell has outlined what 2012 holds as far as regulation of the internet on an international level and within the United States. In particular he asks whether 2012 will be the year of UN Regulation of the internet. Full story here. Read more »
Applications for NBN-Enabled Education and Skills Services program
1 December 2011: Innovative online and interactive education and training packages will be developed for a nationwide rollout to schools and vocational training providers under the $27.2 million NBN-Enabled Education and Skills Services program. The Government today called for proposals for the project, with organisations encouraged to develop ideas or trial projects that can be […] Read more »
Francis Gurry on Copyright reform
29 November 2011: Francis Gurry, the Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation, addressed the recent Copyright Law and Practice Symposium on copyright reform at the global level. Full text of speech here. Read more »
ISP Scheme to Address Online Copyright Infringement
25 November 2011: Communications Alliance and five of Australia’s largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have unveiled a proposed scheme to combat the growing problem of online copyright infringement. The scheme is designed to encourage a sustained and positive change in the behaviour of internet users who engage in online activity that may be an infringement […] Read more »
New facilities demonstrate the NBN’s potential
25 November 2011: The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has launched new NBN operation and demonstration facilities in Melbourne, intended to show the NBN’s potential. The new NBN Discovery Centre and the NBN Co Truck will provide an opportunity for consumers to learn about the NBN. The National Operations […] Read more »