Federal Court of Australia orders internet providers to block access to torrenting and movie streaming sites … They are in breach of a new provision in the Copyright Act 1968 ... Naaman Zhou reports a decision which also let VPNs off the hook ... more
Year: 2017
Law reform should protect, not harm creators
The Productivity Commission’s recommendations for reform of Australian intellectual property law has not only failed to deliver protection for creators, they actually work against innovation … Sydney copyright lawyer Eli Fisher critiques the report ... more
Google Inc v Milorad Trkulja
Interesting decision by the Victorian Court of Appeal finds for Google – not on the basis that it isn’t a primary publisher – but because the particular search engine results aren’t capable of being defamatory … Long-running case brought by previously successful plaintiff may end up in the High Court ... more
New Zealand defamation law: 2016 in review
Political defamation cases featured in New Zealand in 2016 … As well as record damages and the Jameel doctrine … Wellington defamation lawyer Ali Romanos reviews the media law year that was ... more