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Technology, Digital & E-Commerce

23/12/15

Christmas Came Early For Dallas Buyers Club….Not

The makers of Dallas Buyers Club (DBC) have recently been refused an application that would have forced internet service providers (ISPs) to hand over details of the customers that illegally downloaded the film. In April, the Federal Court had ordered ISPs to give the personal details of customers’ accounts linked to the IP address that...

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White Sand’s Sea Folly

That double tap, swipe right, or the pressing of that green send button only takes a second. The insignificant verbal thought has been transformed into a very real virtual speech bubble linked to your name and company identity. Social media marketing is the way of the future and it is changing how businesses market to...

Google Duffs It

Google Inc. has been held liable for publishing defamatory material. The internet giant will be regretting its choice to ignore Janice Duffys request to remove offending search results that included auto completed suggestions such as “Janice Duffy Pyschic Stalker”. Google did not produce the offending material so why is it liable? Google faces liability as...

Metawhat? The new Data Retention Regime

On Tuesday 13 October 2015, the amendments to the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 came into effect. The amendments are more commonly known as the “Data Retention Regime” and were passed as a security measure to aid in the investigation of terrorism and serious crimes. How does it affect your business? The Data Retention Regime...

Ex-SBS journalist fights back against unfair dismissal

Back in April of this year SBS reporter Scott McIntyre posted a series of tweets referring to Anzac Day and its commemorators as ‘poorly-read, largely white, nationalist drinkers and gamblers’ and claimed that the ‘largest single-day terrorist attacks in history’ were committed by Australians and their allies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The tweets were considered...

EU Safe Harbour System Annulled

Last week the EU’s highest court annulled a deal, otherwise known as the Safe Harbour system, which allows companies to transfer personal data from Europe to the United States. The Safe Harbour system allowed companies to avoid checks when transferring data between offices at different ends of the Atlantic. Most of this data includes human...

The Grand Finale of the TPP

Over the weekend Wikileaks revealed what is believed to be the final version of the Intellectual Property Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). For many commentators, the final version while positive for rights-holders is quite disappointing for users and the public domain. Within the Chapter, all the provisions that recognise the rights and benefits of...

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