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  • Telstra may not allow government to call its lawyers

    The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has issued a tender for the provision of substantial legal assistance ahead of the rollout of the national fibre-to-the-node network, but it may have a hard time finding a taker.

  • Data breach laws 'force firms to improve security'

    California's data breach law has forced organisations to take data security seriously -- and has given consumers the tools to protect themselves against fraud, according to one of the architects of the legislation.

  • Serial AU spammer kicked off BigPond

    Telstra has kicked another BigPond user off its network after a two day spam campaign by the customer caught the attention of ISPs.

  • Pirate Party, Greens battle Conroy's filter

    Pirate Party Australia has expressed its disgust at Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's announcement of legislation to make internet service provider level filtering necessary, while the Greens have vowed to attack the legislation in the Senate.

  • Minter Ellison wins Tassie NBN work

    Law firm Minter Ellison has been awarded $330,000 worth of work with the federal broadband department for work, which appears to relate to the Tasmanian portion of the National Broadband Network roll-out.

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  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Do we need the legislative blackmail?

    Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Can the Telco Reform Act be win-win?

    In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    The Personal Video Recorder perversion

    While news that Australia's copyright law will be updated is welcome -- so copying CDs onto a digital music player is no longer illegal -- there's still plenty to dislike about the proposed new regime.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Welcome to National Censorship Day

    Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian internet.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Is Conroy backpedalling on separation mandate?

    Now that Minister Stephen Conroy has played his hand regarding Telstra's separation, the hard part begins.

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  • The war on file sharing hits Australia

    Cover the windows, stay indoors and bunker down the war on file sharing has reached Australian shores. Copyright owners have a fair claim to their content, but is it fair to saddle ISPs with the responsibility of policing their users? And should copyright enforcers be able to steal our privacy?

  • Video: Don't do an "Enron", says Gilbert + Tobin

    Partner Peter Leonard looks at data storage in today's legal environment, and what businesses can do to handle documents and customer privacy to comply with the law.

  • False promises about ending spam

    CNET News.com's Charles Cooper asks whether the tech industry is only kidding itself about what it will take to fight the plague.

  • Why outsourcing should be regulated in Australia

    Approximately 98 percent of respondents strongly welcome anti-outsourcing legislation, an IT Manager Australia survey revealed.

  • Keep secrets safe with a data destruction policy

    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other legislation have made data retention a hot topic. But about the flip side of the coin -- what happens when your data has finally served its purpose?

Reviews (8)

  • Do you copy? Over and out.

    Last week saw two legal wins for copyright owners in their battle against piracy, but raised questions of whether large corporations are playing fair in the marketplace. If they're so keen on globalisation and having a 'level playing field', lets see them walk the walk themselves.

  • Intel planning portable media device

    Intel aims to boost consumer interest in PCs and its processors by announcing components for a portable personal video player on Monday.

  • Kazaa finds friends in file-swapping fight

    Computer and telecommunications companies are allying with file-swapping service Kazaa in a bid to overhaul the way record labels are paid for music and other content distributed on the Net.

  • ACA rules out lifting ban on mobile jammers

    The Australian Communications Authority has ruled out legalising mobile phone jammers, or making an exception for Australian prisons.

  • DVD burning: a business issue?

    Making copies of DVD movies on the office machine may seem like an excellent idea to some of your employees. But what issues should Australian enterprises and IT departments be aware of?

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