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	<title>LawFont.com &#187; Regulation</title>
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		<title>ISP-level internet content filtering &#8211; the report</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2008/08/04/isp-level-internet-content-filtering-the-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawfont.com/2008/08/04/isp-level-internet-content-filtering-the-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[IP/IT Blogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 28 July, the Australian Communications and Media Authority released its report which sets out the findings of the closed environment testing of ISP-level filters conducted in 2008. The Closed Environment testing report followed hot on the heels of the Developments in Internet Filtering Technologies and Other Measures for Promoting Online Safety report released in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book plug (no, not mine) &#8211; David Lindsay&#8217;s book on domain names</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2008/05/09/book-plug-no-not-mine-david-lindsays-book-on-domain-names/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawfont.com/2008/05/09/book-plug-no-not-mine-david-lindsays-book-on-domain-names/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we had the pleasure of a staff seminar up here at the University of Queensland Law School &#8211; by David Lindsay, an old colleague of mine from my melbourne days.  David these days is at Monash University Law School.

David&#8217;s recently published a book with Hart called International Domain Name Law. 
Now, I remember [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom of Information/Speech Report Released</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/11/05/freedom-of-informationspeech-report-released/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/11/05/freedom-of-informationspeech-report-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report into Freedom of Information Laws and (media) free speech in Australia, commissioned by the Right to Know Coalition, has been released.  Called the Report of the Independent Audit into the State of Free Speech in Australia, you can download it here (beware: big (336 page) pdf).
The media are breathlessly reporting that &#8216;more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A compendium of patent office cooperation &#8211; and some thoughts [updated]</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/10/29/a-compendium-of-patent-office-cooperation-and-some-thoughts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/10/29/a-compendium-of-patent-office-cooperation-and-some-thoughts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve become more interested in copyright bureaucracies, and patent and trade mark offices: how they operate; how transparent they are; who they are; how powers are divided between them; how they interact; how they characterise their role, their &#8216;customers&#8217;, and their &#8217;stakeholders&#8217;.  How we make them accountable for the decisions they make &#8211; or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>die hard and still live free?</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/10/24/die-hard-and-still-live-free/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/10/24/die-hard-and-still-live-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[IP/IT Blogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the latest activity regarding communications related national security legislation brought to you courtesy of the Senate Bills List dated 15 October&#8230;

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Terrorist
Material) Bill 2007:Amends the Classification, (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 to require publications, films or computer games that promote terrorist activity to be classified as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the spot fines become even more fashionable in Australia.  But is this really a good way to handle shoplifters and fraudsters?</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/10/23/on-the-spot-fines-become-even-more-fashionable-in-australia-but-is-this-really-a-good-way-to-handle-shoplifters-and-fraudsters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/10/23/on-the-spot-fines-become-even-more-fashionable-in-australia-but-is-this-really-a-good-way-to-handle-shoplifters-and-fraudsters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read in the SMH that Premier Iemma is planning to reform the law to allow police to issue on-the-spot fines for minor criminal offences such as shoplifting, offensive language and minor fraud.
Can I just say that I think this is a really interesting, as well as a potentially troubling, development.  I&#8217;m not aware [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IP Australia wants to be your Office of Choice [updated and expanded - again!]</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/10/18/ip-australia-wants-to-be-your-office-of-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/10/18/ip-australia-wants-to-be-your-office-of-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia&#8217;s Patent Office, known as IP Australia, has launched its &#8220;Strategic Statement&#8221; for the period 2007-2012.  Like all these things, it&#8217;s a bit boring and all motherhood-statement-y &#8211; as, indeed, one would expect.
But a couple of things about the Strategic Statement are notable.  In particular, it explicitly states its &#8216;vision&#8217;: basically, it sees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telecommunications (Interception and Access)Amendment Bill 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/09/26/telecommunications-interception-and-accessamendment-bill-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/09/26/telecommunications-interception-and-accessamendment-bill-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further to my previous posts, the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2007 was passed by the Senate on 20 September 2007. It went through without a definition of &#8216;telecommunications data&#8217;. The Democrats and the Greens expressed their concerns about the bill generally and its impact on privacy and the vagueness of the term &#8216;telecommunications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>you say data, i say data&#8230;Telco Intercept Amendment Bill introduced into the Senate&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/08/29/you-say-data-i-say-datatelco-intercept-amendment-bill-introduced-into-the-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/08/29/you-say-data-i-say-datatelco-intercept-amendment-bill-introduced-into-the-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lawfont.com/2007/08/29/you-say-data-i-say-datatelco-intercept-amendment-bill-introduced-into-the-senate/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee report on the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2007 was tabled in parliament on 7 August. Get the report here. The legislation was intoduced into the Senate on 16 August 2007. Given the changes that this Bill introduces to the current arrangements for interception capability, and access to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Television Industry Code of Practice &#8211; Proposed Amendment</title>
		<link>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/08/16/television-industry-code-of-practice-proposed-amendment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawfont.com/2007/08/16/television-industry-code-of-practice-proposed-amendment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susanne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lawfont.com/2007/08/16/television-industry-code-of-practice-proposed-amendment/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The commercial FTA networks, through Free TV, are pushing for a change to the Commercial Television Code of Practice in advance of the imminent Federal election. The changes, which are the subject of public consultation, would allow the commercial FTAs to sell an additional minute of  political advertising&#8230;

The additional advertising will be broadcast between [...]]]></description>
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