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A blog that speaks freely about legal issues facing the media and the internet. It mainly covers issues relating to the legal regulation of the internet and the media, but at times Constitutional law issues and politics are discussed. While the focus is on Australia, developments in other nations around the world are considered as well.

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The Gob Act: A Tribute to Arrested Development

Posted on January 13, 2009
Although I'd normally post this video to my tumblelog Freedom to Dither, I am such a fan of Arrested Development that I thought i'd post it here instead. So here The Gob Act: A Tribute to Arrested Development:

Last chance to vote in the 2008 Weblog Awards

Posted on January 13, 2009
As I have blogged before (see here), this blog has been nominated for a 2008 Weblog Award in the Best Law Blog category. There are only a few hours left before voting closes, so if you want to vote for the first or the last time, you can do so...

"I hope my murder will be seen not as a defeat of freedom but an inspiration"

Posted on January 13, 2009
I would encourage you to read this extraordinary article by the editor of the Sri Lankan Sunday Leader, which was published three days after he was shot dead in Colombo. Read it here.

The Gob Act: A Tribute to Arrested Development

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Mad Men Twitter fan fiction

Posted on January 12, 2009
Business Week has an interesting story on how Mad Men fans are using Twiiter in a way that is "blurring the lines between brand infringement and brand extension": On AMC's hit show Mad Men, character Peggy Olson is the ambitious secretary-turned-copywriter at fictional Manhattan advertising agency Sterling Cooper...

"How one book ignited a culture war"

Posted on January 12, 2009
In a piece for The Observer, Andrew Anthony looks at the cultural impact of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.It's 20 years since Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini pronounced a death sentence on Salman Rushdie for 'insulting' Islam with his novel The Satanic Verses...

A conversation with Charon QC

Posted on January 11, 2009
Earlier this evening I chatted with British blawger Charon QC for a podcast he has now posted to his blog. On the podcast we chat about the Australian Government's plan to filter the internet, blogging, Twitter, cricket and legal education.You can download the podcast here.

Twitter squatters

Posted on January 11, 2009
Techdirt has a fascinating post on Twitter squatters:In 1994, reporter Joshua Quittner famously registered the domain name mcdonalds.com, and wrote a whole article about how so many top brand names were available for registering by anyone who wanted them...

Heart by The Richter Scales

Posted on January 11, 2009
At The Crunchies, The Richter Scales debuted a brand new song, Heart. In a post at TechCrunch, Jason Klncaid says the song "depicts a hilariously overoptimistic startup and pokes fun at just about everything in the tech industry, from overhyped launches to ridiculous product ideas...

Remixing Lessig and Colbert

Posted on January 11, 2009
When Larry Lessig appeared on The Colbert Report during the week to talk about this latest book, Remix, he basically invited people to remix the interview (see here). Here are two audio remixes: one from Sam and another from Jim Vanaria. Here are two video remixes:And the audio to the...

37 cents is the value of a Facebook friend

Posted on January 11, 2009
The New York Times blog Bits has a post on an interesting marketing strategy by Burger King on Facebook: You may not be able to get a coupon for a digital TV converter box, but if you?re experiencing a bit of bloat on your Facebook friend list, you can snag...

A conversation with Charon QC

Nigerian scams ... if you can't beat them, join them?

Posted on January 09, 2009
Yesterday The Age reported that two Queenslanders had been charged over recruiting people to a Nigerian scam which netted the fraudsters more than $4.3 million: Police said the Sunshine Coast man, 48, and woman, 40, were initially victims of the operation, having been invited to take part in a bogus...

Lessig on Colbert

Posted on January 09, 2009
Stephen Colbert talks to Larry Lessig about this latest book, Remix:The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cLawrence LessigColbert at ChristmasColbert Christmas DVDGreen ScreenBill O'Reilly Interview

How newspapers failed to invent the web

Posted on January 09, 2009
In Slate Jack Shafer has a great piece that charts the various attempts the newspaper industry have made to respond to new technologies, before explaining how ultimately the newspaper industry has failed when it comes to the internet:Newspapers deserve bragging rights for having homesteaded the Web long before most government...

MacHEADS

Posted on January 09, 2009
ZDNet has a review of MacHEADS:Prominent sex blogger and renowned Apple fangirl Violet Blue declares passionately that she'd never sleep with a Windows user. Dozens of Mac fanboys and girls drink and dance together at an Apple-centric party, jubilant that, for another year, Apple still exists...

FTW! ... the origins of some Web 2.0 terms

Posted on January 09, 2009
ReadWriteWeb charts the origins of five popular Web 2.0 terms:Web 2.0 is pretty cool - so cool in fact that it's got its own buzzwords and lingo that not everybody knows. Everybody has a lot to gain from participation in this new cultural phenomenon, though, so there's no reason why...

History of the Internet

Posted on January 09, 2009
History of the Internet is an animated documentary from PICOL that explains the major inventions of the internet:History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.

Who killed online Scrabble?

Posted on January 09, 2009
Techdirt has a good post on how Hasbro and Mattel killed online Scrabble:We've been chronicling just how badly both Hasbro and Mattel screwed up in responding to the massive success of Scrabulous on Facebook. The ridiculously popular application was attracting over 500,000 users every day and (amazingly) making Scrabble cool...

Obama really wants his Blackberry

Posted on January 09, 2009
The New York Times reports that Obama is still trying to hold on to his Blackberry:President-elect Barack Obama has yet to relent, but he conceded that he might be losing the battle to keep his independent lifeline to the outside world.?I?m still clinging to my BlackBerry,? Mr...

"The world smirks at Conroy's censorship plan"

Posted on January 09, 2009
In today's Crikey, the Vice Chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia Colin Jacobs had an excellent piece on a new study published by Brooklyn Law School entitled "Filtering in Oz: Australia's Foray Into Internet Censorship".The rest of the world has been smirking at Stephen Conroy's ill-conceived plan to censor Australia's Internet...

"Everyone's digital these days"

Posted on January 08, 2009
In the Washington Post, Howard Kurtz talks about how Dr Sanjay Gupta used Twitter to confirm he had been approached by the Obama administration about the US Surgeon General's post:I confirmed yesterday that Obama has offered the job and that Gupta had all but officially accepted...

The Australian Constitution on your iPhone or iPod Touch

Posted on January 08, 2009
Ben Kremer (who blogs at Lawfont) has created an iPhone and iPod Touch application that contains the text of the Australian Constitution. You can download the free application at the iTunes Store here.

Vote in the 2008 Weblog Awards

Posted on January 07, 2009
As I've blogged before (see here), I am very excited and honoured that this blog, Peter Black's Freedom to Differ, has been nominated for a 2008 Weblog Award in the Best Law Blog category. The other nominated blogs (or blawgs) are without doubt some of the leading blawgs in the...

Facebook firing

Posted on January 07, 2009
A few weeks ago I blogged about service by Facebook (see here and here) and now the Calgary Herald has a story on an employee being fired by Facebook:When esthetician Crystal Bell was fired via Facebook, she spawned a debate over"cyber sacking" and what employers owe their employees in times...

Anonymous defamation

Posted on January 07, 2009
The New York Daily News reports on a lawsuit against Google, as host of Blogger.com:A Vogue cover girl is suing Google in an attempt to unmask the blogger who trashed her as a "skank" and an "old hag."Liskula Cohen, a blond beauty who has modeled for Giorgio Armani and Versace,...

Important DMCA copyright decision

Posted on January 07, 2009
Wired's Threat Level Blog reports on an important copyright decision out of the US:Online video-sharing sites are scoring another major legal victory, as a federal judge is ruling that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act protects such sites from copyright violations if they abide by takedown notices as the DMCA prescribes...

Twitter in the courtroom

Posted on January 07, 2009
In the US, a Colorado judge recently approved the use of Twitter, as well as live-blogging, inside the courtroom to cover an infant-abuse trial:Prosecutors and defense attorneys wanted bloggers silenced in the courtroom next week, but a Boulder judge ordered Monday that cell phones and computers won?t be banned from...

TV Tonight Awards

Posted on January 07, 2009
TV Tonight, probably Australia's leading television blog, has posted the winners of the 2008 TV Tonight Awards. You can see the winners are here.

"The Christmas Classic that Almost Wasn't"

Posted on January 04, 2009
Ronald J. Rychlak explains how copyright law helped to make It's a Wonderful Life a Christmas classic:The other night, along with many other Americans, I watched the Frank Capra classic It's a Wonderful Life. Starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, the movie has become a Christmas staple -- but it...

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