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So I'm back on the blog again, after far too long of hating the layout of this blog but not getting off my arse and doing something about it (although, if you want to redevelop and design it for me, ...Read More

Don’t give up your day Twitter

Written by elliott bledsoe
Posted on December 8, 2009.
Filed under Social media.
Tagged as ABC The Drum, Annabel Crabb, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Crikey, Jonathan Green, Margaret Simons, media, mUmBRELLA, rant, social networking services, The Sydney Morning Herald, Tim Burrowes, Twitter.
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This article It explores new the realities of the permissions culture and "all rights reserved copyright" in the networked environment and poses the question: why is lending a copy of a book sharing but emailing a PDF of it piracy? ...Read More

Creative Commons: Fair to share?

Written by elliott bledsoe
Posted on December 7, 2009.
Filed under Copyright.
Tagged as Aduki Independent Press, Articles, Artlink, Copyright, Creative Commons, Emily Clark, henro michi, Homeless, Lisa Dempster, Neon Pilgrim (2009), permissions culture, publishing, rant, Stick This In Your Memory Hole, Tristan Clark.
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Just a quick note to say that the Productivity Commission has released their report on the current restrictions on parallel importation of books under the Copyright Act 1968. Information on the scope and objectives of the Commission’s review are available ...Read More

Productivity Commission opts to drop parallel importation restrictions

Written by elliott bledsoe
Posted on July 14, 2009.
Filed under Copyright.
Tagged as Chris Bowen MP, Copyright, Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), Creative Commons, exportation, government reviews, importation, parallel importation, Productivity Commission.
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On Monday Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay presented a proposal (PDF, Doc) for a treaty that would see the introduction of harmonised copyright exceptions across World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) countries. The proposal, which was tabled at the 18th session ...Read More

Blocked WIPO disability exceptions caught in the copyright divide

Written by elliott bledsoe
Posted on May 30, 2009.
Filed under Copyright.
Tagged as Berne Convention, BoingBoing, Copyright Agency Limited, copyright exceptions, cory doctorow, Electronic Frontiers Australia, flexible dealing, FTAs, hreoc, James Love, Knowledge Ecology International, nic suzor, Part VB licences, TRIPS, WIPO, WTO.
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Professor Anne Fitzgerald and Neale Hooper from QUT’s Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law Project discussed the impact of Crown copyright in Australia. Crown copyright is a copyright doctrine that has developed in the Commonwealth nations that affords protection to ...Read More

Copyright in government information

Written by elliott bledsoe
Posted on May 28, 2009.
Filed under Conferences, events, etc, Copyright.
Tagged as Australian Bureau of Statistics, Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), Copyright Future conference, CopyrightFuture09, Creative Commons, crown copyright, Dr Terry Culter, Geosciences Australia, GILF, Neale Hooper, OAK Law Project, Prof Anne Fitzgerald, PSI, Queensland University of Technology.
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Queensland University of Technology was one of the first institutions in Australia to establish a publicly accessible scholarly research repository. QUT introduced an institution-wide policy for open access in January 2004 which led to the establishment of the ePrints repository. ...Read More

Being open to access

Written by elliott bledsoe
Posted on May 28, 2009.
Filed under Conferences, events, etc, Copyright.
Tagged as auPSI, ccAustralia, Copyright Future conference, CopyrightFuture09, CRCSI, Creative Commons, ePrints repositories, Legal Framework for e-Research project, OAK Law Project, OAK List, open access, Prof Tom Cochrane, Queensland University of Technology.
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Professor Julie Cohen, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, gave a presesntation about copyright and creativity. Or more appropriately, copyright is not creativity. At the root of her argument is the claim that copyright law is premised on ...Read More

Copyright is not creativity

Written by elliott bledsoe
Posted on May 28, 2009.
Filed under Conferences, events, etc, Copyright.
Tagged as 2008 US Presidential Election, Associated Press, barack obama, Copyright Future conference, CopyrightFuture09, Creative Commons, Georgetown University, Georgetown University Law Center, Mannie Garcia, Obama HOPE poster, Prof Julie Cohen, Sheppard Feirey.
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Peter Coroneos A case for a review of the current safeharbour provisions. As part of the FTA Australia had to amend the Copyright Act to harmonise it with the US law. The version of safeharbour that was introduced as a result ...Read More

In the Chamber - Proposals on dealing with some of the issues in copyright

Written by admin
Posted on May 27, 2009.
Filed under Conferences, events, etc, Copyright.
Tagged as Ben Atkinson, collecting societies, Copyright Future conference, Copyright Tribunal, Creative Commons, Delia Browne, Dr Matthew Rimmer, jessica coates, nic suzor, peter black, peter coroneos, Prof Adrian Sterling, Robert Cunningham, US-Aus Free Trade Agreement.
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Similar to his presentation at the recent Unlocking IP conference in Sydney on 16 and 17 April 2009, Graham Greenleaf His principles for public right: The future development of public rights should reflect Australia’s interest rather than other country’s interests. To take ...Read More

Another slice of the magic pudding public domain?

Written by elliott bledsoe
Posted on May 27, 2009.
Filed under Conferences, events, etc, Copyright.
Tagged as academic research, Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), Creative Commons, crown copyright, digital rights management, Graham Greenleaf, Norman Lindsay, public sector information, term of copyright, The Magic Pudding (1918), US-Aus Free Trade Agreement.
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I will post about Lawrence Lessig’s presentation soon. Read More

Lessig’s war on the war on piracy

Written by elliott bledsoe
Posted on May 27, 2009.
Filed under Conferences, events, etc, Copyright.
Tagged as Creative Commons, Lawrence Lessig.
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Creative Commons: Fair to share?

Productivity Commission opts to drop parallel importation restrictions

Blocked WIPO disability exceptions caught in the copyright divide

Copyright in government information

Being open to access

Copyright is not creativity

In the Chamber - Proposals on dealing with some of the issues in copyright

Another slice of the magic pudding public domain?

Lessig’s war on the war on piracy

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