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The law in Australia - Copyright Act, and amendments related to the internet - Computer Programs Act 1999, Digital Agenda Act 2000, US Free Trade 2004
Australian Cases - piracy and copyright
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How should damages be assessed for privacy and cybersecurity breaches
Listen to this podcast where I discuss how damages should be assessed in privacy and cybersecurity lawsuits. The Lawyers Weekly Show host J...
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The United Nations intellectual property agency (WIPO) is the latest front in the US-China trade war. http://www.theage.com.au/world/sad-am...
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The issue of content regulation in China was mentioned in this blog last year . In the last few weeks, this issue has once again pushed into...
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Finally, what is called direct registration of domain names is coming to Australia. See https://www.auda.org.au/statement/australias-interne...
3 comments:
I think the fact that a database doesn't have a single identifiable author is not a good reason to exclude it from copyright- even though that is currently the legal position. I think a way to fix this would be to put a new work in with the computer programs works.
I think that it is good to see the law penalising providers of illegal file-sharing software for facilitating copyright infringement. There seems to be a lot of ignorance and/or apathy among the general community about illegal downloads, with many people assuming that because it can be done so easily, it must not be illegal (either that or they think that they won't get caught). When I was teaching English in Hong Kong (where piracy is rife), I had conversations with my students about this issue and most of them justified their activities by saying that they couldn't afford to buy CDs etc. I think this attitude is common here, as well, and so there needs to be more education about the implications of infringing copyright.
An interesting side note. On the piratebay website, there is a page which deals with the letters and threats received from (mainly) US movie and record companies regarding copyright.
http://thepiratebay.org/legal
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