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  • Conroy to unveil digital economy plans

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is releasing his vaunted Future Directions for the Digital Economy paper tonight at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.

  • US 'pressuring' Australia for DMCA-style law

    The chairman of US-based digital rights advocacy group the Electronic Frontiers Foundation (EFF) has warned that Australian technology rights are being threatened.

  • The method behind the madness of 'music piracy' litigation

    Major record companies - fronted by Music Industry Piracy Investigations - have spent the year litigating against select individuals and organisations perceived to be involved in pirating music. Since this is unlikely to actually increase CD sales, what are the record companies trying to achieve?

  • MP3 site removed after Aust court hearing

    The Web site at the heart of a legal battle between several music behemoths and Australian ISP ComCen was taken down this morning at 11.30 am.

  • WA Internet Association slams MediaForce letter

    The Western Australian Internet Association has criticised an organisation claiming to represent Warner Bros for sending letters to Australian ISPs asking them to terminate the accounts of users alleged to have breached copyright requirements.

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  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    Copyrights and wrongs

    Copyright controversies have plagued the Internet since the early days of Napster, but what is the current state of play, and can the issues ever be resolved?

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  • Part II: Lundy vs. Williams

    This is the second part of our Q&A series between IT Minister Daryl Williams and his political foe, Kate Lundy. To read Part I, please click here.

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