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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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"The Web Means the End of Forgetting"

Posted on July 23, 2010
In the New York Times Magazine, Professor Jeffrey Rosen has a thought provoking essay on privacy on the internet, "The Web Means the End of Forgetting": Four years ago, Stacy Snyder, then a 25-year-old teacher in training at Conestoga Valley High School in Lancaster, Pa...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on July 22, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: i haven't been able to get "hey, soul sister" out of my head all day ... i blame you both @SpencerHowson and @kellyhd i am very excited after reading @thetowncrier's review ... "Around the clock, and the world, ABC...

From the Election Blackout

Posted on July 22, 2010
Today's posts to Election Blackout, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: Why the Greens Frighten Me (Part 2) http://post.ly/oGzX Brown Caught Out on Company Tax ? Watermelon Politics in a Banana Republic (Part Two) http://post.ly/oE24 Greens set up a Formspring account http://post...

From the Election Blackout

Posted on July 21, 2010
Today's posts to Election Blackout, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: The Addams Family parody has been done before http://post.ly/o7dp Subscribe to the Election Blackout Podcast in iTunes http://post.ly/o7Og The Sex Party really wants you to enrol and update your details http://post...

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Daily Twitter Links

Posted on July 21, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: an excellent piece from technology journalist nick ross on "Censorship: Labor's hidden policy" http://j.mp/dpGrda #openinternet an excellent piece from technology journalist nick ross on "Censorship: Labor's hidden policy" http://j...

Filter delayed ... again

Posted on July 21, 2010
THE ISP filter legislation faces a further lengthy delay following the cancellation of a meeting of state attorneys-general scheduled for this week. Earlier this month Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said that the legislation would be deferred to allow a review of the refused classification material central to the mandatory filter...

He's not on a horse ... but he is giving libraries a plug

Posted on July 21, 2010
Isaiah Mustafa, aka "the Old Spice Guy," has seemingly taken over YouTube this week with a series of personalized videos prompted by requests from users of social-networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. Here, he puts in a plug for libraries: via chronicle...

Something for me to think about: "Why I Deleted Twitter From My Phone"

Posted on July 21, 2010
On Sunday evening, I deleted Twitter and Tumblr off my phone, and besides for a five minute relapse this afternoon, they have stayed deleted. It was all just starting to feel too much like an eating disorder or like academic mania ? being preoccupied with thoughts you don?t care about,...

From the Election Blackout

Posted on July 20, 2010
Today's posts to Election Blackout, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: Fuck, did Joe Hockey really say that? http://post.ly/nxof Debate details confirmed http://post.ly/nxWj Liberals go negative with new TV ad http://post.ly/nxP3 At least the debate won't clash with Masterchef http://post...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on July 20, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: "Filter not part of preference talks: Greens" http://bit.ly/dv9Zla #ausvotes #openinternet legal eagle looks at the litigious nature of american society in "What a scream!" http://j.mp/cR98pa i try not to ...

From the Election Blackout

Posted on July 19, 2010
Today's posts to Election Blackout, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: Election Blackout Podcast #2 19 July 2010 http://post.ly/nnxp Election Blackout Podcast #1 19 July 2010 http://post.ly/nnh2 It is time to fix and modernise the electoral roll http://post...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on July 19, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: more from team coco ... "Conan O?Brien?s Love/Hate Relationship with the Internet" http://j.mp/bmTb7U i do quite like firefox home ... "Firefox Home hands-on: Firefox on your iPhone... sorta" http://j...

ZDNet: Conroy, Smith, Ludlam invited to debate

Posted on July 19, 2010
It'll be one to watch if Labor's Stephen Conroy, Liberals' Tony Smith and Greens' Scott Ludlam all accept the Australian Computer Society's invitation to debate ICT issues at the National Press Club on 10 August. We should expect to see Conroy defend his performance, Smith finally outline his party's policies...

The Wrap: 'Arrested Development' Film is 'Happening' | TheWrap.com

Posted on July 19, 2010
No project in Hollywood has been subject to more crying of "wolf" than the potential "Arrested Development" feature that, the last time we checked, was declared all but dead. (Read also: A Film-by-Film Tour Through Development Hell) Now, according to GQ, the script is still being drafted and all the...

Alvin from #Masterchef has launched his website

Posted on July 19, 2010
Last night on Masterchef, Alvin Quah was sent home after he struggled with an eight-layered vanilla cake created by Sydney patissier Adriano Zumbo. Now that he is free to talk about his time on Masterchef he has launched his website, Cinnamon Pig: The name ?Cinnamon Pig? hit us late one...

The Atlantic: Sex on TV Is About to Get Sexier

Posted on July 18, 2010
A moment of silence for the death of the family hour. After a federal appeals court struck down the FCC's regulations on indecency earlier this week, network television will have license to depict more violence, use more profanity and?as The Hollywood Reporter explains (with video!)?get a whole lot sexier: Primetime...

From the Election Blackout

Posted on July 18, 2010
Today's posts to Election Blackout, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: Latest Newspoll shows Labor ahead http://post.ly/nhLE Under 25 and hate internet censorship? ENROLL NOW http://post.ly/ngmF The King is Always Naked http://post...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on July 18, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: sounds intriguing ... "Ex-Google News, Bing Engineers Set Out To Build ?Newspaper Of The Future?" http://j.mp/b12nHm james sturn returns to the internet after a four month hiatus ... "What If I Only Use the Internet on Wednesdays?" http://j...

Nieman Journalism Lab: No, seriously, what the Old Spice ads can teach us about news? future

Posted on July 17, 2010
BrandFlakesforBreakfast might have put it best: ??If you live in a cave, you need to be aware of the fact that Old Spice owned the internet yesterday.? Indeed. How the brand did that owning is fascinating (and, if you haven?t seen it already, ReadWriteWeb?s detailed description of that process is...

Blogging the 2010 Federal Election

Posted on July 17, 2010
Regular readers of this blog, as well as followers of my Twitter stream, will know that I obsessively follow Australian federal politics. So with the announcement today that the election will be held on 21 August, you will not be surprised to know that for the next five weeks I...

From the Election Blackout

Posted on July 17, 2010
Today's posts to Election Blackout, my group blog covering the 2010 federal election campaign: Julia Gillard and her record as Minister and Prime Minister http://post.ly/nZpm And so it begins ... http://post.ly/nZoI Stilgherrian resurrects The 9pm Edict http://post...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on July 17, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: who should play the key roles in the john edwards biopic? ... "Aaron Sorkin developing film based on Edwards tell-all" http://j.mp/cUdgIv politico examines "Just how 'political' is Glenn Beck?" http://j...

Bits: Twitter Traffic During the World Cup

Posted on July 17, 2010
Twitter The image above is cropped from a larger data visualization, created by Twitter, showing the use of Twitter during the World Cup. In a post on the company?s blog, Matt Graves, a Twitter employee, said that the final match of the World Cup ?represented the largest period of sustained...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on July 16, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about yesterday and today: as a loyal firefox user i am loving firefox home ... "Get Firefox Home on Your iPhone!" http://j.mp/9qIluR maybe it is time to try digg again ... "The New Digg: What It Means For Power Users &...

Techdirt: Larry Lessig Challenges ASCAP Boss To A Debate Over Whether Or Not Creative Commons Undermines Copyright

Posted on July 14, 2010
We've already written a couple of times about ASCAP's bizarre anti-artist decision, as part of its fundraising campaign, to falsely imply that Creative Commons, EFF and Public Knowledge are seeking to undermine copyright. So far, about all this has done is piss off a bunch of ASCAP members who actually...

WSJ Law Blog: Lindsay Lohan?s Twitter: Your New Source of Legal Scholarship

Posted on July 14, 2010
Washington and Lee Law Professor Erik Luna found himself suddenly inundated with e-mails last week about an article he?d written 8 years ago. And it didn?t take long to discover why. Actress Lindsay Lohan had tweeted the article, a critique of federal sentencing guidelines, after being sentenced to 90 days...

THR, Esq.: 'Social Network' trailer: 'Let's SUE him in federal court!!!'

Posted on July 14, 2010
Finally, a big-budget studio movie about intellectual property litigation! How excited are we for David Fincher's upcoming film about the origin of Facebook and the massive lawsuit that ensued? We've already found and read the excellent Aaron Sorkin script, so we'll go out on a limb and say the movie...

Media Diary: What the? Julia Gillard is a lying tart?!

Posted on July 14, 2010
This is doing the rounds so thought I?d share it with you. It?s an excellent example of why you have to unroll the WHOLE paper. It?s from the Herald Sun in Melbourne. NOTE: In the first post, I said this was the Sun Herald (Sydney). It?s the Herald Sun (Melbourne...

Greens election ad

Posted on July 14, 2010
via bryceroney.com

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on July 14, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: pretty funny ... "Ha ha ha ha ha. RIAA paid its lawyers more than $16,000,000 in 2008 to recover only $391,000!!!" http://j.mp/bOD8v9 in case any of my followers are budding scientists, sam kean is "Blogging the Periodic Table" at...

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