Copyright act 1968


iiNet decision a slapdown for AFACT, movie industry

After yesterday’s Federal Court decision clearing iiNet of responsibility for copyright infringement by their customers, the Australian Federation Against Copyright theft is considering its next steps.

Freedom (or freebies) of the press takes another meaning

There was once a time when photographers were sent to cover major events, like today’s Sydney dust storms. These days, free pictures are harvested from the internet.

Read this: is parallel importation the path to a literary nation?

The Productivity Commission’s inquiry into the Copyright Act has once more opened the debate about the parallel importation of books in Australia, writes Jeff Sparrow.

PP McGuiness: a vitriolic liar with the morals of an alley cat

Here, for your reading pleasure, is an excerpt from Paul Keating’s obituary of journalist P.P. McGuiness which ran in today’s Australian FInancial Review. We’re only sorry we couldn’t run more if it.