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AVN In Trouble Due Copyright Infringement

by podblack on September 1, 2010

Here it is in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper – Copyright breaches land group in trouble: An anti-vaccination group is under fire for allegedly breaching copyright laws by selling newspaper and medical journal articles online without permission from the authors. The Australian Vaccination Network, which was the subject of a public warning issued by the [...]

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Stephen Fry Leads New Zealand Internet Twitter Blackout Protest Against Insane Copyright Law

by podblack on February 16, 2009

Alert from Stephen Fry leads to the following articles: If you’re on Twitter, would you change your avatar to black to show support for the fight against a “three accusations and you’re offline” law in New Zealand? Sections 92A and C of the amended Copyright Act establish a guilt upon accusation principle that can see [...]

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Can You Copyright A Magic Trick?

by podblack on November 12, 2008

BBC News: It’s the sort of conundrum that apprentice wizard Merlin – eponymous hero of the current BBC children’s drama – needn’t concern himself too much about: how do magicians stop others from pinching their tricks? Mere mortal magicians, however, are less fortunate and often find themselves wrestling with this very down to earth difficulty. [...]

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Did You Steal That Gorilla?

by podblack on March 16, 2008

So – spot something similar? Now Transport for London has launched a campaign to encourage drivers to look out for bike riders. A special film [it's no longer on YouTube], which challenges viewers to count how many times a basketball team passes a ball to each other. But there’s a twist, designed to prove how [...]

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Burking In Paris And Praying For NASA

by podblack on February 28, 2008

So. I recently told you about ‘Fraud Fortnight’? One of the things to watch out for includes really bad pirated DVDs. Personally, I really liked the film The Queen. … a copy of the DVD screened by Ryde Council at a public event in Sydney on Saturday night may have been pirated.At times the subtitles [...]

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