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  • Oz Pirate Party slams 'secret' IP talks

    The newly formed Australian Pirate Party came out swinging yesterday with a release criticising the international discussions currently being held in Korea to cement an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

  • New copyright act to hit NZ ISPs

    2009 will force New Zealand's ISPs to come to grips with an amended Copyright Act, which includes a provision forcing them to disconnect customers who have allegedly infringed copyright.

  • NASA hacker in final bid to fight US extradition

    Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into NASA systems, is due to fight his extradition to the US in the House of Lords on Monday.

  • Patents boom -- but are they any good?

    Patent applications are booming, with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) announcing a 4.7 percent year on year growth of applications filed under its patent cooperation treaty -- but questions have been raised over how valuable the filings really are.

  • IT patent issues simplified for businesses

    The revised European Patent Convention updates the original agreement with more flexibility, more legal certainty, simpler procedures and reduced costs.

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  • ATO's Change Agenda a 'black hole'

    The Australian Taxation's Change Program (which is best suited perhaps for simple formulaic tax collections, not complex audit, analysis and interpretation work) may collapse under its own dead weight.

  • Why open source is bad for Australia

    Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Additional reading: Why one Norwegian city switched to Linux

  • Gartner warns Aust IT execs over govt policy

    French Caldwell has a simple message for companies looking for consistency and certainty in government legislation on technology: don't hold your breath.

  • Managing storage: What you need to know

    As multi-vendor storage environments proliferate, companies must find a way to manage disparate storage products--and the emerging Bluefin standard may just be the solution.

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  • Why I wish Netscape had survived

    The settlement of the legal battle between Microsoft and AOL Time Warner means Netscape can now be taken off life support and the body harvested for any useful parts that remain.

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