I just turned in my final paper for this degree, I won’t say last ever because I thought I was done with study two degrees and a diploma ago, and look what happened.
The paper was for an Internet studies class, but given how much of what we do as librarians is tied up […]
Archive for the 'Law' Category
Finally, we can legally format shift
Published by May 14th, 2006 in Law, Parliament and Copyright. 4 CommentsThose Australians who work with copyright law would know that there has long been a major omission in comparison to the law overseas: we’ve never been able to make a back-up for format shift copy of a work. A few exceptions did apply, for example, S107 of the Copyright Act 1968 (Making of a copy […]
WikiLaw has been launched. It’s an interesting idea, but I am not so sure that this is one of those things where a Wiki is the best solution. Plus, they make some claims which I find a little odd -
However, unlike other libraries, there are no geographic or financial barriers to accessing this information. […]
Overseas readers may be interested in Australia’s proposed new “anti-terror” laws, namely Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005 which is currently moving its way through Parliament.
Of interest in particular is the definition of sedition (Schedule 7, proposed amendment to S 30A of the Crimes Act 1914):
seditious intention means an intention to effect any of […]
Breaking the blog-break, here we go.
The decision in the Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd v Sharman License Holdings Ltd [2005] FCA 1242 case (Kazaa) has been handed down (Kazaa plan to appeal).
Weatherall’s blog has some excellent commentary about the case and the likely ramifications of it. I think the case also has some implications for […]
