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		<title>Convergence review invites submissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian government&#8217;s Convergence Review Committee has released a Framing Paper and invited public submissions on what principles should guide the review over the next year. The principles currently proposed span across broadcasting, telecommunications, and radiocommunication issues (although the bias is towards broadcasting content issues): 1. Australians should have access to a diversity of voices, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube&#8217;s Copyright school: will it prevent infringement?</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2011/04/15/copyright-school-will-it-prevent-digital-copyright-infringement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the problems with enforcing copyright in the digital environment is that there is a seemingly infinite amount of content online, free for the taking (if you don&#8217;t count broadband internet fees). As a result, it has often been difficult for content owners to convince everyone that downloading content that is easily available&#8211;but copyrighted&#8211;is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The French Republic v Weiler: further details</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Joseph Weiler has now written about the judgment in the criminal libel case brought against him in a French court. A decision was handed down by the Tribunal de Grand Instance de Paris on 3 March 2011. The details of the matter are outlined in an earlier post. In short, Professor Weiler was sued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal editor wins defamation action in French court</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2011/03/04/journal-editor-wins-defamation-action-in-french-court/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Joseph Weiler has won the defamation action brought against him in a French court, which I discussed last month here. So far I have not been able to find any more details about the ruling, but once I do will write a longer post.]]></description>
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		<title>Convergence review terms of reference announced</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2011/03/02/convergence-review-terms-of-reference-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final terms of reference for the upcoming Convergence Review to be conducted by the Australian government have been announced, following on the draft terms of reference provided for public comment in December. At the Australian Broadcasting Summit this morning, Senator Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Ditital Economy, noted that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Critical analysis or defamation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the line between academic criticism of a work and defamatory statements about the author? A French court is currently considering this issue. In 2007, a book review website, www.globallawbooks.org, published a review of a book by Dr. Karin N. Calvo-Goller about the International Crimimal Court. The review, written by Professor Thomas Weigend, then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egyptian government shuts down the Internet&#8212;nearly</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2011/01/28/egyptian-government-shuts-down-the-internet-nearly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only hours before major planned protests on Friday morning (28 January), the Egyptian government has shut down virtually all Internet access going in and out of Egypt, as well as SMS and Blackberry access. It seems that access to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter may have taken place as early as Tuesday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Draft terms of reference for Australian &#8220;convergence&#8221; review released</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2010/12/16/draft-terms-of-reference-for-australian-convergence-review-released/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawfont.com/2010/12/16/draft-terms-of-reference-for-australian-convergence-review-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The draft Terms of Reference for the Government&#8217;s review of the laws relating to the converged media and communications industry have been published. Part of a FAQ on the website of the Department for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, which is conducting the review, notes that: * &#8216;Convergence&#8217; describes the trend whereby devices (such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Constitution available for iPhone</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2009/01/08/australian-constitution-available-for-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wanted a copy of the Australian Constitution when not at your desk? If so, you may be interested to hear that the full text of the Australian Constitution is now available for your iPhone (or iPod Touch). It&#8217;s a free application, available internationally through iTunes (please note that this link will work only if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not safe out there, especially on your own Facebook page</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2008/12/18/its-not-safe-out-there-especially-on-your-own-facebook-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is certainly a value to social networking websites. Some serve professional networking purposes (such as LinkedIn). And others, like Facebook, have proved to be an effective means of connecting with old friends (for me, including ones I&#8217;d lost touch with completely). It&#8217;s not news that we use these websites at our own peril. But [...]]]></description>
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