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Freedom to Differ

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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Daily Twitter Links

Posted on August 28, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: a must watch #insiders tomorrow morning ... "Insiders ? Sunday August 29th 9am ABC1 & ABC News 24" http://j.mp/9Huw5f only two weeks until junior masterchef ... "Airdate: Junior MasterChef" http://j...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on August 27, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: i'm so glad i wasn't listening or watching the broncos play tonight ... what a depressing result http://j.mp/a4nvhK what are they afraid of? ... "Mallesons, Clayton Utz block gossip site" http://j...

NMA World Edition: Is Islamophobia sweeping the US?

Posted on August 27, 2010
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Ellipsis: . . . or * * *?

Posted on August 27, 2010
The normal way to indicate omitted text is using three dots (?. . .?). But sometimes, especially in some documents filed with the Supreme Court, I see ?* * *? used instead. Any sense of why this is so, and which tends to be preferred, and by whom? Is there...

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Copyrights & Campaigns: Could 'Cruel Summer' campaign video lead to a cruel copyright lawsuit?

Posted on August 27, 2010
A Republican House candidate from New Hampshire has used over a minute of the 80s hit "Cruel Summer" in a campaign video attacking his Democratic opponent, Rep. Carol Shea-Porter. The video from the campaign of Sean Mahoney -- which identifies itself as a "political parody" -- argues that the economic...

Copyrights & Campaigns: Could 'Cruel Summer' campaign video lead to a cruel copyright lawsuit?

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on August 25, 2010
My apologies for the lack of Daily Twitter Links over the past two weeks. Now that the election is over things should more or less be back to normal. These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: tv beckons as "Hamish & Andy quit drive show" http://j...

From the Election Blackout

Posted on August 24, 2010
Since Friday there have been several posts to the Election Blackout this week, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: The future of this blog http://post.ly/taJK Yes We Canberra!: The Greens: the wankers' choice since 1972 http://post...

The Drum: The Constitution hung out to dry

Posted on August 24, 2010
Yesterday I had a piece published on The Drum about the Constitution and a hung Parliament: From around 10pm on Saturday night, political wonks and tragics, as well campaign staffers and journalists alike, dusted off their copy of the Constitution (or simply downloaded the iPhone app - yes there really...

Technology and the way it frames our world

Posted on August 24, 2010
As of this week I now have a regular weekly segment on Breakfast with Spencer Howson on 612 ABC Brisbane talking about technology and how it frames our world. In this first segment we talked about some lingering #ausvotes tweets and the dos/don'ts of geo-tagging yourself:

From the Election Blackout

Posted on August 20, 2010
There have been quite a few posts to the Election Blackout this week, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: Today's Must Reads - general http://post.ly/skqz Today's Must Reads - Editorials http://post.ly/skkK A good NY Times piece on the election, and a not so good piece in Foreign...

From the Election Blackout

Posted on August 14, 2010
Today's posts to Election Blackout, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: Which election night ad is worse? Seven or Nine? http://post.ly/rlos Election Blackout Gabfest with @thetowncrier http://post.ly/rkEr "We have grown tired of bullshit from politicians, and we have grown tired of self-evangelising journalists" http://post...

Election Blackout Gabfest with @thetowncrier

Posted on August 14, 2010
Over at the Election Blackout blog I have posted a new podcast, the latest edition of the Election Blackout Gabfest. In this podcast I chat with Jason Whittaker, who is @thetowncrier on Twitter and the deputy editor of Crikey. We discuss the opinion polls and our general impressions of the...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on August 14, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about the last few days: a nice piece by @ebertchicago on christopher hitchens ... "Traveler to the undiscovere'd country" http://j.mp/bz5StO The Poll Bludger on the "Morgan phone poll: 51-49 to Labor" http://bit...

From the Election Blackout

Posted on August 12, 2010
Today's posts to Election Blackout, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: 'Game on' girlfriend! http://post.ly/rQaf Labor surges ahead in lastest Morgan Poll http://post.ly/rQ8j Filter/IT forum with Senator Scott Ludlam in Brisbane on Monday 16 August 2010 http://post...

From the Election Blackout

Posted on August 11, 2010
Today's posts to Election Blackout, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: The brilliant pro-Greens ad from Gruen Nation http://post.ly/rGj1 Coalition running scared on policy costings http://post.ly/rGi1 Penny Wong and gay marriage from tonight's Yes We Canberra! http://post...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on August 11, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: A good summary of "The broadband battle: what will they really deliver?" from @stilgherrian http://bit.ly/cnGbDQ #ausvotes good news for educational institutions using iphones, ipads and ipods ...

From the Election Blackout

Posted on August 10, 2010
Today's posts to Election Blackout, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: News Channel Wars - The Fuss Over a Clean Feed http://post.ly/r4Y9 A great YouTube ad from Labor: "Time Warp starring Tony Abbott" http://post.ly/r2eg Election Blackout Podcast #28 10 August 2010 http://post...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on August 10, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: i'm looking forward to the new ilife and iwork ... "Apple announcement coming - new iPod, iLife, iWork and more" http://j.mp/cEgWw4 in a thoughtful post, stanley fish debunks moral equivalency and plagiarism ...

hitRECord.org

Posted on August 10, 2010
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has an interesting new website and production company called hitRECord: RegularJOE here. The old media tends to call me Joseph Gordon-Levitt, that being my name and all. Here in the new media, I hit that round red REC button on a regular basis...

From the Election Blackout

Posted on August 09, 2010
Today's posts to Election Blackout, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: The Greens scare me more than Family First http://post.ly/qshL My weekly chat with Andrew Bartlett http://post.ly/qsWD The internet filter and the zero sum game of politics http://post...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on August 09, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: in the new york times, @carr2n writes about "New York Magazine?s Lessons for Harman and Newsweek" http://j.mp/bhJ0wH the wall street journal on "The Great Privacy Debate: The Dangers of Web Tracking" http://j...

Good question: what does a media planner do anyway?

Posted on August 09, 2010
I was amused to see this post on mUmBRELLA, "What does a planner do anyway?", because my sister is a media planner and still don't really understand exactly what it is that she does. Unfortunately, the post and the video don't really make things any clearer for me, but maybe...

Kamahl does Gaga

Posted on August 09, 2010
via mumbrella.com.au

Meet the Class Of Twitter HQ

Posted on August 09, 2010
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Daily Twitter Links

Posted on August 08, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about yesterday and today: Today's election post from Grog's Gamut is now online ... "Day 23 (or, yes, this is what it has come to)" http://bit.ly/9wm8fV #ausvotes my qut colleague john pyke is standing for the senate in queensland http://bit...

Patch Monday: Media laws dying for digital update

Posted on August 08, 2010
Over the weekend I discussed whether Australia's media laws need updating for the age of digital convergence with Stilgherrian for his Patch Monday podcast. You can listen to it here.

From the Election Blackout

Posted on August 08, 2010
Today's posts to Election Blackout, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: Latest Newspoll is finally some good news for Labor http://bit.ly/b6d3cV Julia Spillard and the Internet Filter Back Up Dancers http://post.ly/qjGC GetUp! at the High Court http://post...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on August 07, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about yesterday and today: how gay marriage could end up like abortion ... "Will Same Sex Marriage Be Won or Lost in the Courts?" http://j.mp/97M4ko the atlantic announces the winners of its most boring article contest ...

From the Election Blackout

Posted on August 07, 2010
Posts to Election Blackout, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign, from yesterday and today: Election Blackout Gabfest with @thetowncrier http://post.ly/qe3C Today's Must Reads http://post.ly/qcUd Statement from the Australian Electoral Commission on High Court Decision http://post...

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