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The hole in their bucket

alawrence — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:31:50 +1100

Media companies’ campaign against internet piracy suffered a major setback last week when a federal court judgement let internet service providers off the hook for their customers’ illegal downloads. But the copyright wars are more than just a matter for the courts, write Julian Thomas and Ramon Lobato in Inside Story

Creative Industries and Innovation Policy

Untangling the net: the scope of content caught by mandatory internet filtering

alawrence — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:50:19 +1100

The following report considers a number of key challenges the Australian Federal Government faces in designing the regulatory framework and the reach of its planned mandatory internet filter. Previous reports on the mandatory filtering scheme have concentrated on the filtering technologies, their efficacy, their cost and their likely impact on the broadband environment. This report focuses on the scope and the nature of content that is likely to be caught by the proposed filter and on identifying associated public policy implications.

Creative Industries and Innovation Policy

Creative Labour: Emancipation or Honey-Trap?

coconnor — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:47:15 +1000

Faculty Seminar Series

Professor Justin O’Connor, Research Capacity Building Professor Tuesday 28th April 12pm-1pm The Hall (Z2-226) CI Precinct QUT Kelvin Grove

Creative labour: emancipation or honey-trap?

Creative digital industries mapping

Recent Publications in IP Law in Asia, by Professor Christoph Antons

coconnor — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:37:29 +1100

Book chapters and articles published in 2008 and 2009

IP Law in Asia

Traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions and intellectual property law in the Asia-Pacific region

alawrence — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:22:56 +1000

Among the many contentious matters thrown up by the relentless march of economic globalization, those forms of knowledge variously known as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' remain seriously threatened, despite numerous transnational initiatives and highly publicized debate. It is not proving easy to bring these holistic worldviews into accordance with the technical terms and classifications of intellectual property law.

IP Law in Asia

International study on the impact of copyright law on digital preservation

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:39:11 +1000

The Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law Project, together with the U.S. Library of Congress National Digital Information, Infrastructure and Preservation Program, the U.K. Joint Information Systems Committee and the SURFfoundation in The Netherlands, released their International Study on the Impact of Copyright Law on Digital Preservation at the WIPO International Workshop on Digital Preservation and Copyright in Geneva, Switzerland on 15 July 2008.

Creative Commons and Open Content Licensing

Copyright law, digital content and the Internet in the Asia-Pacific

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:57:49 +1000

Copyright law, digital content and the Internet in the Asia-Pacific provides a unique insight into the key issues facing copyright law and digital content policy in a networked information world.

IP Law in Asia

alawrence — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:40:58 +1000

This article, published in European Intellectual Property Review outlines the way in which the rise of digital technologies and online social networks has challenged the rationale and efficacy of copyright law. In examining how the law might respond to these challenges, the piece highlights law reform issues that need to be closely considered as we move towards the 300th anniversary of the Statute of Anne in 2010.

Digital Liberty

Knowledge policy: challenges for the 21st century

alawrence — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:28:35 +1000

The production of knowledge has become central to economic life. Competitiveness in the 21st century market place is now characterized by the ability to translate scientific and technological knowledge into innovation. But does this render cultural and social knowledge unimportant?

Creative digital industries mapping

IP Law in Asia - 2007 conference papers

alawrence — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:19:08 +1100

IP Law in Asia

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