copyright

The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: Comparative perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region

ccook — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:52:44 +1000

Concerted efforts to enforce global intellectual property rights (IPR) continue to focus intensely on the developing countries of East Asia, and China in particular. These efforts have spawned a complex system of legal mechanisms that is still very much in process of evolution, encompassing international and regional conventions, WTO dispute settlements, bilateral and plurilateral treaties, decisions of national courts and regulatory bodies, and a welter of local laws and border controls.

IP Law in Asia

Copyright future copyright freedom

ccook — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:06:06 +1000

Copyright Future: Copyright Freedom

Over the last three hundred years copyright law has gone from being a law of sectoral application to one that impacts on nearly every member of the community. The ease with which we can create, reproduce and communicate digital content on the internet has been a key reason for this change.

Hey download generation, your future is up on YouTube

alawrence — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:18:29 +1000

Tthe explosion of online content creation is one of the contemporary wonders of the world writes Stuart Cunningham. But where is the Australian content?

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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

Squeezing blood from a turnip

alawrence — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:22:10 +1000

A pyrrhic victory for the American recording industry shows that fast broadband and new applications demand a rethink of the law, writes Julian Thomas on Inside Story.

Creative Commons and Open Content Licensing

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

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

Copyright as an instrument of information flow and dissemination: the case of ICE TV Pty Ltd v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd

alawrence — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:07:10 +1100

This article outlines and critically evaluates the case of Ice TV v National Nine Network. This case which is being heard before the High Court of Australia in October 2008 considers the boundaries of copyright protection for compilations.

Creative Commons and Open Content Licensing

Copyright: the middle way

alawrence — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:58:43 +1100

Support is growing for a different perspective on intellectual property, write BRIAN FITZGERALD and BEN ATKINSON.

Creative Commons and Open Content Licensing

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