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A blog that speaks freely about legal issues facing the media and the internet. It mainly covers issues relating to the legal regulation of the internet and the media, but at times Constitutional law issues and politics are discussed. While the focus is on Australia, developments in other nations around the world are considered as well.

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2008 Weblog Awards

Posted on November 10, 2008
Nominations are now open for the 2008 Weblog Awards. You can nominate your favourite blog in 48 different categories here. You might even want to nominate this humble blog for something ...

Freedom to Differ on your iPhone or iPod Touch

Posted on November 10, 2008
Thanks to Intersquash there is now a version of Freedom to Differ for your iPhone. Now if you visit this blog on your iPhone or iPod Touch you will automatically be forwarded to an optimised version of this blog.intersquash demo from jon on Vimeo.

The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards

Posted on November 10, 2008
The nominations for the second annual Open Web Awards are now open. The Open Web Awards is the only multilingual international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. Through an online nominating and voting process, the Open Web Awards recognizes and honors the top achievements in 26...

Movember update

Posted on November 10, 2008
It day 10 of Movember and my mustache is coming along slowly. From this point in I will be posting a progress photo daily to my Pete does Movember tumblr. Thank you to those who have already donated (I'm up to $285). If you would like to donate to my...

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An Australian Blawg Review

Posted on November 10, 2008
Australian Duncan Bucknell is the host of Blawg Review #185. Read it here.Read previous editions of Blawg Review here, including the three editions I have hosted over the past few years: Blawg Review #85, Blawg Review #136 and Blawg Review #178.

A post on the US election

Posted on November 10, 2008
So much has been already written about the extraordinary US election on Tuesday and President-elect Barack Obama's historic and meteoric rise, that I know there is nothing further I could add. But before I move on and blog about other topics and issues, I thought I'd link to a couple...

2008 Weblog Awards

Freedom to Differ on your iPhone or iPod Touch

The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards

An Australian Blawg Review

A post on the US election

Posted on November 09, 2008
So much has been already written about the extraordinary US election on Tuesday and President-elect Barack Obama's historic and meteoric rise, that I know there is nothing further I could add. But before I move on and blog about other topics and issues, I thought I'd link to a couple...

US election videos

Posted on November 04, 2008
Here are my favourite five viral videos from the US election:5. Chuck Norris Approved4. I'm Fucking Obama (if you haven't seen the original on which this video is based, you should watch it first here)3. Hey Sarah Palin2. John McCain gets Barack Roll'd1...

The always fair and balanced Brit Hume

Posted on November 04, 2008
This election is the last time Brit Hume will anchor the FoxNews Channel's coverage. When FoxNews was starting out over ten years ago, Brit gave the channel instant credibility and since then he has ensured that FoxNews has lived up to its fair and balanced mantra...

Some comments on the US election

Posted on November 04, 2008
In a matter of hours Americans will go to the polls, bringing an end to one of the longest and most fascinating Presidential election campaigns in history. It is an election that has captivated not just the US but the world. The interest in Australia alone is unprecedented...

US election videos

The always fair and balanced Brit Hume

Some comments on the US election

US election

Posted on November 03, 2008
Stay tuned ... later tonight or first thing tomorrow morning I'll be posting my thoughts on the US Presidential election - my predictions plus who I would vote for and why. You may be surprised ...

Obama's tech policy

Posted on November 03, 2008
With only a few days before the US Presidential election Barack Obama has released a web ad that is being aimed directly at the science and technology sector:

US election

Obama's tech policy

Posted on November 03, 2008
With only a few days before the US Presidential election Barack Obama has released a web ad that is being aimed directly at the science and technology sector:

McCain on SNL

Posted on November 02, 2008
With three days left before the election, John McCain makes fun of his situation on Saturday Night Live:

McCain on SNL

Posted on November 02, 2008
With three days left before the election, John McCain makes fun of his situation on Saturday Night Live:

War of the Worlds on Twitter

Posted on November 01, 2008
it was only a matter of time:A spontaneous re-enactment of Orson Welles' 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast unfolded Friday on microblogging site Twitter. Hundreds of tweets detailed a mock Martian invasion, with reports both panic-stricken and humorous...

Santos and Obama

Posted on November 01, 2008
Aficionados of The West Wing have been noticing for some time a few similarities between the arc last season of the show that saw Matthew Santos become US President and the meteoric rise and skillful campaign of Barack Obama. Politico outlines some of these similarities in the introduction to an...

It is foolish to ban Facebook at work

Posted on November 01, 2008
Techdirt reports on a study that comes to the very logical conclusion that employers should not ban Facebook at work:Earlier this year, we pointed out that it was silly for companies to block Facebook at work, because it's merely a communications tool...

The Sarah Palin gotcha call

Posted on November 01, 2008
According to Politico's Ben Smith, Sarah Palin was only "mildly amused" when a pair of French-Canadian comedians spoke to her impersonating Nicolas Sarkozy:Sarah Palin's campaign issued an "mildly amused" response to having joined Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy in having been the victim of a prank by a pair of...

It doesn't matter what you call it

Posted on November 01, 2008
Last month Brendan Scott posted to his blog an argument that it was incorrect to label copyright infringement as stealing:There is a copyright-infringement-as-stealing meme which has been pushed for some time, but seems to be relentlessly marketed at the moment...

No online campaigning in Japan

Posted on November 01, 2008
Newsweek has a revealing report on how Japan has blocked online campaigning. It is remarkable to discover that such a technologically advanced nation places such extensive restrictions on online campaigning:Japan is one of the world's most wired countries; 60 percent of its citizens have high-speed broadband and e-commerce is thriving...

A tribute to Lessig

Posted on November 01, 2008
At launch of Larry Lessig's latest book, Remix, this "extraordinary" video by Robert Greenwald was played: (Michael - I hope you enjoyed this tribute.)

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