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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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The Howard Years

Posted on October 14, 2008
Now available on YouTube is a preview of the upcoming ABC documentary The Howard Years:TV Tonight's David Knox has more here. After having read The Costello Memiors I am realy looking forward to hearing more about John Howard's term as Prime Minister from several other key players.

The Howard Years

How to change copyright law

Posted on October 13, 2008
Larry Lessig has an excellent op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal on how to change copyright law (ignore the misleading headline "In Defense of Piracy"). He suggests these five changes: Deregulate amateur remix: We need to restore a copyright law that leaves "amateur creativity" free from regulation...

Kookaburra sits Down Under

Posted on October 13, 2008
Over the weekend The Sunday Telegraph had an interesting story on how the ABC TV show Spicks and Specks has given rise to an interesting copyright case: TWO of Australia's most loved anthems are locked in a courtroom copyright battle sparked by a question on the ABC's music quiz show...

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Moving on

Posted on October 13, 2008
This YouTube video effectively describes the phenomenon of early adopters moving on to from one Web 2.0 fad to the next. For me it is not just Facebook to Twitter, but also blogging to Twitter - compared to 12 months ago I spend very little time on this blog, but...

How to change copyright law

Posted on October 13, 2008
Larry Lessig has an excellent op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal on how to change copyright law (ignore the misleading headline "In Defense of Piracy"). He suggests these five changes:Deregulate amateur remix: We need to restore a copyright law that leaves "amateur creativity" free from regulation...

Kookaburra sits Down Under

Posted on October 13, 2008
Over the weekend The Sunday Telegraph had an interesting story on how the ABC TV show Spicks and Specks has given rise to an interesting copyright case:TWO of Australia's most loved anthems are locked in a courtroom copyright battle sparked by a question on the ABC's music quiz show Spicks...

Moving on

"Embarrassment is only a math problem away"

Posted on October 09, 2008
I had a piece in The Courier Mail this morning on Google's ridiculous Mail Goggles application. I'd suggested the headline for the piece should be "Embarrassment is only a math problem away", but instead they went for "Google math test will prove no barrier for the determined drunk" in the...

"Embarrassment is only a math problem away"

Reflections on using Twitter for Blawg Review

Posted on October 04, 2008
A few weeks back I hosted Blawg Revew #178 for the third time. What made this time different from the previous times I had hosted it was that I delivered Blawg Review in two ways - in addition to the standard blog post, I used Twitter throughout the day to...

Blawg Review #178

Posted on September 22, 2008
G'day and welcome back down under! This is the third time I have hosted Blawg Review from Australia (the other two times were Blawg Review #85 and Blawg Review #136). For those who don't know, the Blawg Review is a weekly round-up of posts from around the blawgosphere...

Coming soon ... Blawg Review #178

Posted on September 20, 2008
On Monday 22 September 2008 I'll be hosting Blawg Review #178 here at Freedom to Differ. This will be the third time I have hosted Blawg Review from Australia, with the previous two times being Blawg Review #85 and Blawg Review #136. (For those who don't know, the Blawg Review...

Blawg Review #178 via Twitter

Posted on September 20, 2008
As I blogged about on Saturday I will be delivering Blawg Review #178 in two ways - via this blog and via Twitter. The blawg posts that will included in Blawg Review #178 will be released progressively via Twitter throughout Monday 22 September (Brisbane time) before the the complete Blawg...

Australian Law Librarians' Association Conference

Posted on September 17, 2008
I am in Perth this week attending the Australian Law Librarians' Association Annual Conference. The program for the conference is available online here. The paper I'll present this afternoon is titled "Law 2.0: The challenge of user-generated and peer-produced networks, content and culture"...

"Chillax: if it works like a word, just use it"

Posted on September 07, 2008
Erin McKean, lexicographer (dictionaryevangelist.com) and blogger (dressaday.com), says if it looks like a word, just use it: Funner. Impactful. Blowiest. Territorialism. Multifunctionality. Dialoguey. Dancey. Thrifting. Chillaxing. Anonymized. Interestinger...

Heart to Barricuda: cease and desist

Posted on September 07, 2008
This may be old news but now, but it is nonetheless interesting: Ann and Nancy Wilson, headliners of Heart, demanded Friday that Republicans stop using their hit song "Barracuda" at rallies for vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. It's the second time this year that GOP stage managers...

Links for Friday 5 September

Posted on September 06, 2008
Some links from the past few days: Chief justice open to TV cameras in courtrooms (The Age) - "AUSTRALIA'S new top judge has indicated he is personally open to the idea of High Court decisions being televised as part of broader efforts to help the community understand the work of...

The end?

Posted on September 06, 2008
Last week Duncan Riley lamented the end of privacy: A new first for Ustream.tv and possibly the net, a birth was streamed live to the world today from West Pennsylvania. At the time of writing I can?t find a recording of the birth, with only a video of the child...

Links for Tuesday 1 September

Posted on September 02, 2008
These intellectual property themed links are once again from the month of August: An IP Checklist for Bloggers (v.1.1) Colette Vogele's blog - Colette Vogele has come up with a one page IP checklist for bloggers. YouTube Praises Dismissal of Copyright Suit Against Veoh (Bits) - "A federal court in...

Blog Day

Posted on September 01, 2008
Although I am a day late for Blog Day 2008, I thought I'd nonetheless join in. This is what Blog Day is all about: What is BlogDay? BlogDay was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and...

Following Gustav

Posted on August 31, 2008
With Hurricane Gustav approaching the Gulf Coast it has been interesting to see how the internet is being used to disseminate news and information. Blogs, Twitter, forums, Flickr, Utterz and a range of other social media are all helping to cover the Hurricane as it nears the US...

The World Isn't Clear Cut

Posted on August 31, 2008
As someone who used to do a lot of debating at school and university, it was nice to see this promotional video for the Griffith Organised Debating Society (GODS) on Q&A last week:

What is Twitter?

Posted on August 31, 2008
My colleagues and friends tend to ask me a lot of tech questions, but probably the one question I get asked more than any other is "what is Twitter?". It also probably the hardest question to answer because you either "get" Twitter and use and love it, or you don't...

Links for Sunday 31 August

Posted on August 31, 2008
For over a year I used to post to this blog Daily News Links, however I stopped as it was taking too much time to put it together each evening. As part of my attempt to rejuvenate this blog I've decided to resurrect this feature in a slightly different form...

Writer's block

Posted on August 30, 2008
Last month I purported to resume blogging after a liberating six week hiatus from blogging (see here and here). However, after an initial flurry of posts, this is my first post to this blog in about three weeks. This wasn't a planned blogging break, rather it happened due to a...

Privacy in Australia

Posted on August 10, 2008
The Australian Law Reform Commission?s report on privacy laws in Australia, For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice (ALRC 108), has been released. You can download the three-volume, 2700 page report here, or view the media release and accompanying briefing notes here...

Twitter's downfall

Posted on August 08, 2008
Another very funny adaptation of this Hitler video. The problem this time? Twitter is down: (Hat tip: Mark Pesce.)

Google Street View and privacy

Posted on August 06, 2008
I have a piece in today's Courier Mail that wonders what the privacy issue is with Google Street View. You can read it here.

A few interesting links

Posted on August 06, 2008
A few interesting links from the last few days: At LawFont Kim Weatherall analyses today's High Court decision in Copyright Agency Limited vs The State of NSW [2008] HCA 35. Read her summary here. The Economist looks at e-hatred, arguing that "social networks and video-sharing sites don?t always bring people...

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