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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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Op-ed piece on service via Facebook

Posted on December 18, 2008
I have an op-ed piece in today's The Courier Mail on the decision by Master David Harper of the ACT Supreme Court last week to order that a default judgment of the court could be served on the defendants by notification through Facebook. You can read it here.

Blogging update

Posted on December 17, 2008
Tomorrow I hop on a plane to London for a two and a bit week holiday in England and Ireland. At this stage I have no idea as to whether I will have the time, inclination or even regular internet access to blog while I am away, so it is...

People's Choice Open Web Awards Winners

Posted on December 17, 2008
Mashable has announced the winners of The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards, a multilingual, international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. Through an online nominating and voting process, the Open Web Awards recognizes and honors the top achievements of websites and services in 26 categories...

A really early adopter

Posted on December 15, 2008
Mashable reports on a precocious baby twittering from the womb: Think you?re an early adopter, huh? @kickbee has you beat. Expectant father Corey Menscher wanted to ?create a device that would give me a chance to be aware of our baby?s movements?. He created a waistband for his wife which...

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Justice Bell appointed to the High Court of Australia

Posted on December 15, 2008
Attorney-General Robert McClelland has announced that the Australian Government has decided to recommend to Her Excellency the Governor-General the appointment of Justice Virginia Margaret Bell as a Justice of the High Court of Australia, with effect from 3 February 2009...

De-friending

Posted on December 15, 2008
In a guest post for Mashable David Spark (@dspark) offers twelve great tales of de-friending:De-friending has always been awkward. Social networks offer one click ?remove a friend? options, but it still doesn?t make the decision any easier. What follows is a collection of stories about de-friending...

KickYouTube

Posted on December 14, 2008
Mashable covers an easy way to download YouTube videos:Downloading YouTube videos isn?t a feature supported natively by the site: copyright issues are the likely reason. And yet, often we find ourselves wanting to download a great video to our desktops for remixing or offline viewing...

Change 2.0

Posted on December 14, 2008
In a piece for Newsweek titled "Change 2.0", Larry Lessig asks can Obama create a truly transformational presidency. Read it here.

"Australia: A Movie About Contract Law"

Posted on December 14, 2008
At Concurring Opinions Miriam Cherry offers a critique of Australia that is unlikely to boost its disappointing box office:A few days ago, in a fit of holiday and pre-exam frivolity, I went to see Australia, the latest Baz Luhrmann ? Nicole Kidman collaboration...

Smile ... you're on Facebook/MySpace

Posted on December 14, 2008
ReadWriteWeb reports on a study that basically finds that if you smile in your social network photos you probably have more friends:Researchers Nicholas Christakis and James Folwer recently published a paper in the British Medical Journal where they examined how a person's happiness is related to the happiness of their...

Digital for Good

Posted on December 14, 2008
Check out a new blog by my friend Eddie Harran, Digital for Good. This is how Eddie describes it:"DigitalForGood" Exploring Digital Technology as force for positive social change/ The Mainfesto for Geeks Who Care/ This blog explores the emerging digital space and its cross section in business, society, and the...

Two weeks without sex or the internet?

Posted on December 14, 2008
Bits (a blog of the New York Times) reports on an Intel survey on internet reliance:Intel came up with a novel way to show how important the Internet and computing have become in the lives of Americans. In conjunction with Harris Interactive, the company conducted a survey of adults in...

A really silly idea: a used MP3 store

Posted on December 14, 2008
The Tech Law Prof Blog is quite rightly dismissive of the idea of a used MP3 store:As ham fisted as the RIAA and labels can be about dealing with piracy issues, there are times when someone comes up with an idea to sell music that is so bad, it makes...

"To Catch a (Joke) Thief"

Posted on December 13, 2008
U.Va. News reports on a study of copyright, social norms and stand-up comedy:In part, it was a viral video of two well-known comedians hurling obscenities at each other that prompted a pair of University of Virginia law professors to take a serious look at how professional comics protect themselves from...

Some interesting top ten lists

Posted on December 13, 2008
Over the past few days I've come across a few different top ten lists. The first was Oddee's list of ten of the geekiest graffiti. This was my favourite: Next was Politico's list of the top ten political films of 2008, culminating with these two:2 ?Recount...

Keith Olbermann's "homoerotic" obsession with Bill O'Reilly

Posted on December 13, 2008
During the week Keith Olbermann attacked the late night FoxNews Channel show Red Eye, sparking this priceless response from Red Eye host Greg Gutfeld:

Service via Facebook

Posted on December 12, 2008
In July this year I blogged about a decision of Queensland District Court Judge Ryrie in Citigroup Pty Ltd v Weerakoon [2008] QDC 174 that service could not occur via Facebook:An alternative was requested in the amended application in order that a sealed copy of the claim might be emailed...

Offensive, banned and rejected ads

Posted on December 11, 2008
Oddee has put together a list of fifteen of the most offensive, banned and rejected ads. You can check out the full list here, but I think this was my favourite:

Prop 8 - The Musical

Posted on December 04, 2008
Although I'd normally post a video like this on my tumblelog Freedom to Dither, I thought it deserved a more prominent post:See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

Op-ed piece on jury by Facebook

Posted on December 03, 2008
I have an op-ed piece in today's The Courier Mail inspired by this story last week where a juror sought the advice of her Facebook friends as to whether the accused was guilty or innocent. You can read it here. However as is usually the case, I prefer my proposed...

Forum: Internet filtering and censorship proposals

Posted on November 26, 2008
Tomorrow (Thursday 27 November) the UNSW Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre is hosting a forum to explore aspects of the Australian Government's current internet filtering and censorship proposals. The aim of the forum is to "get beyond the more heated claims and counter-claims circulating at present and explore some of...

Weatherall on the iiNet copyright lawsuit

Posted on November 21, 2008
In between papers yesterday at the Media, Communications and Public Speech Conference I posted a link to a news report about the iiNet copyright lawsuit (see here). Although I haven't had time to look into or think about the case any further, Kim Weatherall has obtained a copy of the...

Vote now in the Open Web Awards

Posted on November 21, 2008
Nominations are now closed and voting open for the Second Annual Open Web Awards.The Open Web Awards is the only multilingual international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. Through an online nominating and voting process, the Open Web Awards recognizes and honors the top achievements in...

iiNet sued for copyright infringement

Posted on November 20, 2008
This news report was drawn to my attention during a break today at the Media, Communications and Public Speech Conference:The Australian film and television industry has launched a major legal action against one of Australia's largest internet service providers for allegedly allowing its users to download pirated movies and TV...

Media, Communications and Public Speech

Posted on November 18, 2008
On 20 and 21 November I'll be live blogging the 2008 Conference of the Centre for Media and Communications Law Media, Communications and Public Speech at the University of Melbourne. Here is the Conference program.

Media, Communications and Public Speech

Forum: Internet filtering and censorship proposals

Posted on November 14, 2008
On Thursday 27 November, the UNSW Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre is hosting a forum to explore aspects of the Australian Government's current internet filtering and censorship proposals. The aim of the forum is to "get beyond the more heated claims and counter-claims circulating at present and explore some of...

Last call for nominations for the Open Web Awards

Posted on November 14, 2008
The nomination period for the second annual Open Web Awards is almost over. If you haven?t nominated your favorite site or company you must do so before Sunday 16 November at 11:59 pm PST.The Open Web Awards is the only multilingual international online voting competition that covers major innovations in...

Last call for nominations for the Open Web Awards

Posted on November 14, 2008
The nomination period for the second annual Open Web Awards is almost over. If you haven???t nominated your favorite site or company you must do so before Sunday 16 November at 11:59 pm PST.The Open Web Awards is the only multilingual international online voting competition that covers major innovations in...

Forum: Internet filtering and censorship proposals

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