Chinese-language newspapers are blatantly stealing copy from Australian publications. They say they want to expose good work to non-English speakers, but freelancer Sian Powell isn’t buying it.
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Silent but Mega, Kim Dotcom’s file-sharing comeback
Kim Dotcom is at it again — but this time it’s encrypted. Here’s what’s revolutionary about his new file “sharing” service.
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Tech in ’12: take nothing for granted online
In 2012, Big Copyright suffered several setbacks. And Big Data ramped up its efforts. Our technology expert looks back and forward at the world online.
READ MOREBleich on copyright, net censorship and Q&A democracy
The US Ambassador has defended the United States’s approach to trade negotiations and copyright, and talked about “atypical” diplomacy via ABC TV hit Q&A.
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Dear Kim: here’s how you stop the filesharing ‘scumbags’
Kim Williams rails at the “scumbag theft” of internet piracy. One solution is right in front of him, but he doesn’t want to accept it.
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Are we still America’s deputy IP sheriff in the Asia-Pacific?
A new leak on the draft Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement text reveals Australian negotiators are prepared to compromise our interests to please the US, writes copyright lawyer Kimberlee Weatherall.
READ MOREACTA a goner, and DFAT scores collateral damage
A controversial copyright treaty looks dead in the water after the European parliament rejected it overnight. It’s also in serious trouble here.
READ MORETV Now: Federal Court’s anti-consumer, anti-cloud decision
Today’s Federal Court decision on TV Now is a VCR decision for the internet age, but the key media players will be relieved, write Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer
READ MOREWhen the Dotcom bubble burst, my (legal) Megauploads vanished
@rupertmurdoch No excuses for phone hacking. No argument. No excuses either for copyright stealing, but plenty of ignorant argument! There are no excuses for copyright “stealing” — nor are there excuses for falling for the fallacy of invincible ignorance. A New Zealand judge denied bail to Kim Dotcom earlier this week, the founder of cyberlocker Megaupload. This means that […]
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Attacking privacy under the cover of ‘cyber war’
The conflation of very different forms of online activity underlies the use of “cyber war” as a pretext for reducing privacy and funding contractors.
READ MORECyberspace freedom … except where they upset the copyright industry
The Obama Administration’s Cyberspace strategy places heavy emphasis on freedom, but in practice it’s only as much freedom as the copyright industry wants
READ MOREFederal government on privacy: do as I say, not as I do
The federal government is threatening to impose tighter laws on corporations over privacy breaches. But it’s not in a position of moral authority …
READ MOREUS renews secret push to impose its failed copyright regime
Having failed to use the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement to impose a draconian intellectual property regime, the US is using a “free trade” agreement involving Australia to do the same.
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‘Arrogant’ Apple faces copyright suit over iPhone app content
Apple is back in the Federal Court tomorrow, facing a copyright infringement claim from Australian TV production company Jigsaw Entertainment. The precedent could be significant.
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The copyright industry’s war on filesharing: outsourced and ineffectual
The copyright industry has changed tactics in its war on filesharing but it’s still not working, even as it hits legitimate internet users.
READ MOREData download: lies, damned lies and piracy reports
Illegal downloading will cost the industry over $5 billion by 2016 and “8000 fewer jobs in the core content industries last year”, according to a report in Fairfax papers. But that’s not telling the whole story.
READ MOREInternet hijackers: stealing content and avoiding blame
Why did Time.com and Politico, two well respected news sites, completely violate copyright and publish the infamous Rolling Stone McChrystal profile on their sites?
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PHOTO GALLERY: The mystery of the reoccurring newspaper prop
Film geeks noticed that the same newspaper kept popping up in film and television from the last few decades. Is it an inside joke for propmasters or just that its the easiest prop newspaper around?
READ MOREHow frugal Fitness First is creating a market for fake pop stars
Aussie gyms are now required to pay royalties for original songs played in their aerobic classes. But instead of coughing up the cash, they’ve replaced the top 40 tracks with budget brand cover versions.
READ MOREGoogle picks on Australian start-up
Google has sent a cease and desist letter to Australian alcohol price comparison website Groggle.com.au, telling it to hand over the domain name.
READ MOREIs this the downfall of Downfall parodies?
The movie studio behind the German film-turned-internet-meme Downfall has started removing the parodies off YouTube. Wait until Hitler finds out about this…
READ MOREHas the world run out of good band names?
A band’s name can make or break its career, but thanks to the internet, an increasing number of acts are discovering their witty moniker isn’t quite as original as they’d first thought.
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Riffing on the Down Under decision
Colin Hay may be a great musician, but his claim that it took almost two decades for anyone to notice that Land Down Under sounds a little bit like Kookaburra is absurd, says Tim Dunlop.
READ MOREPecking holes in the Men At Work vs. Kookaburra case
Have you ever actually listened to Land Down Under and thought: “Ah yes, the flute part is the kookaburra song”? asks Leaping Larry L. In fact, have you ever even noticed there was a flute before?
READ MOREiiTrial: ISPs not responsible for users’ copyright infringement
A landmark ruling in Australia’s Federal Court today has cleared internet service provider iiNet from responsibility for its users’ illegal file sharing.
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