Yup it’s all digital agenda all the time here. So first, I’m blind. There are issues papers out, in Word and PDF format. Topics are: Rights and Technology Issues, Circumvention devices and services, technological protection measures and rights management information, Liability of carriers and carriage service providers, and Libraries, archives and educational copying. These were […]
One of the big things that recent years have demonstrated is that one of the big problems with the direction of copyright is the imbalance between company rights and users’ rights. Shrink-wrap and click-wrap licenses, court decisions, and legislation have all been favouring vendors and authors, while consumers are becoming more annoyed and less attentive […]
The Australian Digital Alliance is a group that seems to have a similar set of beliefs to mine, at least. They have a survey about the review that’s worth a look. It’s in RTF which is mildly annoying.
Gah. Well, apparently the review of the Digital Agenda amendments to the Australian Copyright act has already started. Yay for all the publicity. Even better: Public fora are to be held in Melbourne on Thursday 14 August and in Sydney on Thursday 4 September. If you are interested in attending either of these public fora […]