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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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What your email address says about your computer skills

Posted on June 02, 2010
via gizmodo.com

The criminalisation of HIV: apportioning responsibility for knowingly spreading HIV

Posted on June 02, 2010
In Online Opinion this morning, Dr Joe Thomas, a social commentator on HIV and AIDS in Asia Pacific region, wrote a piece about Godfrey Zaburoni, the Zimbabwe-born Australian citizen and circus acrobat, who knowingly spread HIV by having unprotected sex with a series of women: The acrobat, Mr Godfrey Zaburoni,...

Australia doesn't mind a good Slapp (strategic lawsuit against public participation)

Posted on June 02, 2010
Mark Pesce sent me a link to this article in the New York Times, "Venting Online, Consumers Can Find Themselves in Court", which I think raises an interesting issue for us here in Australia. Here is an extract from the article: After a towing company hauled Justin Kurtz?s car from...

Are we addicted to the internet?

Posted on June 02, 2010
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Fictillimanjaro: support Evan Smith raise money for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation

Posted on June 02, 2010
My friend Evan Smith (aka @fictillius) is raising money for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation by climbing Mt Kilimanjaro: Inspired by Gary Gerstle who completed the climb in 2009 I will be climbing Mt Kilimanjaro in 2010. Man Investments has always been a proud supporter of Humpty Dumpty and I am...

QUT on Twitter

Posted on June 02, 2010
Since I've been back at QUT I've attended a few different meetings on QUT's social media strategy. While it is not appropriate for me to comment on some of the different things QUT has planned in this area, I did want to just note that there are a range of...

I need a new image for my blog banner

Posted on June 01, 2010
You may have noticed that I recently changed the image I use in my blog banner away from a picture of Burleigh Heads at the Gold Coast, to a picture of the QUT Law School. It seemed like an appropriate picture, given that is where I work, and where I...

Creative Commons for "geekgirl"? I don't think so ...

Posted on June 01, 2010
There has been a minor controversy in the Australian blogosphere over the past few weeks surrounding the term "geekgirl". Ben Grubb at ZDNet Australia posted the latest developments in a blog post today: On 20 May, ZDNet Australia reported on IT consultant Kate Carruthers wishing to use the term "geekgirl"...

No I didn't quit Facebook yesterday ... instead I opened my profile to everyone

Posted on June 01, 2010
Yesterday was Quit Facebook Day and I used the occasion to think about my social media presence generally, and my use of Facebook specifically. Although I read many compelling pieces about why we should all quit Facebook, most notably from Mark Pesce and Renai LeMay, I am still on Facebook...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on June 01, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: it's good to see that the #7pmproject and the circle are finding an audience http://j.mp/aIxBfj what were gq thinking? somehow they left me off the list ... "GQ Unveils The 50 Coolest Men Of 2010" http://j...

You can now "like" individual posts on Freedom to Differ

Posted on June 01, 2010
For the last few weeks you have been about to take advantage of Facebook's new social plugins and "Like" this blog. However, I have now also added the Facebook Like button to each individual post, so instead of liking the whole blog, you can now like individual posts...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 31, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: i've been to rick stein's hotel and restaurant in cornwall ... now i want to go to bannisters in mollymook http://bit.ly/8ZkfGl #masterchef a fascinating post about @shoesofprey from @mmmichaelfox ...

Blawg Review #266

Posted on May 31, 2010
G'day and welcome back down under! This is the fifth time I have hosted Blawg Review from Australia (I previously hosted Blawg Review #85, Blawg Review #136, Blawg Review #178 and Blawg Review #196). For those who don't know, the Blawg Review is a weekly round-up of posts from around...

Michael Ware on his time in Iraq for Time and CNN

Posted on May 31, 2010
As a journalist based in Baghdad for Time magazine and then CNN, Michael Ware achieved international acclaim for his reporting of the war in Iraq. His reporting was a brutally honest and uncompromising record of how the war ravaged both the people of Iraq, and the soldiers that were fighting...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 30, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: wow i'm stunned - matthew newton will host the x factor ... "Newton scores gig as X Factor judge" http://j.mp/cpb9Jr /cc @suziblack have some fun with the "10 Best News Bloopers on YouTube" http://j...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 29, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: more of the hilarious insensitivity we have come to expect from @CatherineDeveny http://bit.ly/bilzUH the new york times reviews the live #glee show ... "Live ?Glee? Favors Exuberance Over Plot" http://j...

Cult of Mac: "No Porn on iPad? Artist Strikes Back"

Posted on May 29, 2010
Ah, the Apple iPad. A family device. Or is it? @johannes-p-osterhoff Irked by Steve Jobs? assertion that the iPad offers ?freedom from porn,? an artist has struck back with a giant, mock NSFW iPad ad in a Berlin subway station. johannes-p-osterhoff (creative punctuation, for once, not mine...

Techdirt: "Australian Artists Upset That Australian Tourism Campaign Crowdsourced Images"

Posted on May 29, 2010
Reader mick writes in to alert us to a group of photographers in Australia who seem absolutely livid that the government's latest toursim campaign sought to crowdsource photographs that could be used as part of the campaign. To me, that seems like a perfectly reasonable idea -- in fact, a...

Today's College Students Are Heartless Narcissists, Study Says

Posted on May 29, 2010
A new study suggests that compared with college students in the 1970s, today's college kids are 40 percent less likely to show signs of empathy. The study was presented this week at the Association for Psychological Science in Boston, and it was based on a review of 72 studies conducted...

McSweeney's: "Great Literature Retitled To Boost Website Traffic"

Posted on May 29, 2010
7 Awesome Ways Barnyard Animals Are Like Communism The 11 Stupidest Things Phonies Do To Ruin The World 8 Surprising Ways West Egg Is Exemplary Of The Hollowness Of The American Dream 6 Shockingly Evil Things The Turn-Of-The-Century Meatpacking Industry Doesn't Want You To Know 5 Insane Ways London Could...

Bizarre Story of the Day: "Mom Convicted After Locking Son Out of Facebook"

Posted on May 29, 2010
A judge slapped an Arkansas mother with a fine for locking her 17-year-old son out of his Facebook account and ordered the woman to leave the teenager alone. Denise New hijacked her son Lane?s Facebook account when he left it logged in on a home computer, changing his password and...

The critics destroy "Sex and the City 2"

Posted on May 28, 2010
A sampling of the critics' sharpest snipes: Kyle Smith at the New York Post: "As tasteless as an Arabian cathouse, as worn-out as your 1998 flip-flops and as hideous as the mom jeans Carrie wears with a belly-baring gingham top, 'Sex and the City 2' is two of the worst...

The Truman Show delusion

Posted on May 28, 2010
The Truman Show delusion is how some psychiatrists are describing the condition of psychotic patients who believe they are filmed stars of reality TV programs. Another patient traveled to New York City and showed up at a federal building in downtown Manhattan seeking asylum so he could get off his...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 28, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: in slate william saletan writes about "Exploiting psychology in law and advertising" http://j.mp/df0pBw do you have an iphone? is this you? ... "iPhone Users: Bored, Unproductive and Trying to Be Cool" http://j...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 27, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: reading @tamaleaver's excellent post on "Reputation Management and Social Media" http://j.mp/a4QGRz it's not fair ... why isn't stephen fry coming to brisbane as well? http://j.mp/d1N6EM i had wondered about this ...

Kate Lundy: The Cybersafety Joint Select Committee

Posted on May 26, 2010
This is a short video prepared by Senator Lundy to inform you about the Joint Select Committee on Cybersafety, how such committees work, and how you can contribute constructively to the consultation process. Transcript: Hi, I?m doing this video to tell you about the newly established Joint Select Committee on...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 26, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: techdirt asks "Why Do Politicians Keep Using Unlicensed Music In Commercials?" http://j.mp/aSgtP4 flarf: poetry's latest battleground ... "Google-Inspired Verse Gains Respect; Shakespeare Meets the Anagram Generator" http://j...

The State of LinkedIn

Posted on May 26, 2010
via www.viralblog.com

My weekly chat with Andrew Bartlett on 4ZzZ

Posted on May 26, 2010
Every Monday morning I appear on Andrew Bartlett's 4ZzZ breakfast radio show to discuss some of the current public and political issues of the week. Where possible I try to post that segment as a podcast to this blog a day or so later. For a variety of reasons that...

It's Time to Tell Mum

Posted on May 26, 2010
This morning Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) launched a new campaign against the Australian Government's proposed mandatory internet filter: It's Time to Tell Mum. EFA Vice-Chair Geordie Guy blogged about the new campaign on the EFA website: We're excited to announce that EFA have today launched a new campaign to raise...

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