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Australian Governments Embrace Creative Commons Licensing

The Guardian reports on how Australian federal and state governments are moving toward using creative commons licenses for public sector information.

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February 18, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Why The Conservative Treaty Policy Issue Won’t Go Away

I've posted a couple of times this week on the Government's new policy that commits to a House of Commons review of international treaties before introducing implementing or ratifying legislation.  This policy mandates that the Conservatives bring the WIPO Internet treaties for review before tabling their copyright bill.  The policy, […]

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January 31, 2008 1 comment News

Australia Launches a Copyright Consultation

Australia has launched a new copyright consultation on private copying of films and photos to determine whether its current list of exceptions could be expanded.

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January 21, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Ask First, ACTA Later

Kim Weatherall notes that the Australian government has launched a public consultation on its possible involvement in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations.  Unlike the Canadian government, which jumped at the chance to join the U.S. in the negotiations with no advance warning and no public discussion, the Australians are taking […]

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November 15, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Australia Announces National Broadband Plan

99 percent of the population covered at 12 megabits per second.  Within two years.

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June 18, 2007 Comments are Disabled News