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December 2007

Volume 26, Issue 2 2007
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Online Content Regulation - The New Regime Adrian Lawrence and Ryan Grant outline the new Content Services regime that will apply to internet and mobile content.
An Overview of the Digital Radio Legislation Moses Kakaire reviews digital radio policy and the effect of the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) Act 2007.
Radical Privacy Law Reforms Proposed

Dr Gordon Hughes and Tim Brookes discuss the Australian Law Reform Commission's recent discussion paper on Australian Privacy Law.

Telstra v Coonan: What is it and Why?

Hamish Fraser looks at the decision of Telstra Corporation Ltd v Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (No2) and the Federal Government's Connect Australia program.

Ambush Interviews, Off Limites Questions and Fake Personas Under Trade Practices Law

Sally McCauslan discusses recent trade practices actions against the media and the free speech implications for journalists, documentaty makers and comedians.

International Regulation of Access to the Geostationary Orbit: Mission Impossible?

Sara-Louise Khabazian considers the ITU's regulation of the Geostationary Orbit.







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October 2007

Volume 26, Issue 1 2007
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Football and Fair Dealing: Telstra v Premier Media Group.
Andrew Stewart discusses Telstra Corporation Pty Limited v Premier Media Group Pty Ltd anor (2007) FCA 568
Issues for Corporations and Regulators in Second Life and Virtual Worlds
Nick Abrahams looks at what virtual worlds are, why they are important, and forecasts the legal issues that could become relevant to virtual residents.
Right Place Right Time for National Indigenous Television.
John Corker introduces the National Indigenous Television Service and the legislative history behind its inception.
High Court Takes The Wind out of Shipbuilders Sails.
Marina Lloyd Jones reports on a recent decision in which the Hight Court considered the meaning of artistic craftsmanship and the copyrigh/design overlap.
A Very Expensive Lobster
Jennifer Lusk revisists Blue Angel Restaurant v John Fairfax and Sons Ltd (1998) and the mutual dislike that exists between defamation law and restaurant reviewers.
Managing Media Organisations
William Walder considers the political and technical context that motivated last year's media law reform.

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June 2007

Volume 25, Issue 4 2007
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Telstra's High Court Challenge - Context and Comment
Rob Neely reviews the foundations of Telstra's constitutional challenge to Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act and outlines paralletl international experiences in the US and Hong Kong.

Preparing for a Full-Scale Invation? Truth Privacy and Defamation

David Ralph discusses the intersection between defamation law and privacy protection following the introduction of Uniform Defamation Legislation.

Future Looking Clearer for Community Television

Shane Barber maps the progress of Community Television into a digital broadcasting environment, considering the recommendationsof a recent House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications Information Technology and the Arts report on the subject.

Launch of the Do Not Call Register

Matthew McMillan and Amity Arena provide an update on recent development in relation to the Do Not Call Register

Marsden, Ethics and Defamation

Marcus Powere re-reads Marsden v Amalgamated Television Services in light of Uniform Defamation Legislation, and Media Codes of

Ethics. This issay won the 2006 CAMLA essay competition.

Reasserting Technoligal Neutrality

Matt Vitins and Andrew Ailwood meditate on the nature of television


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June 2007

Volume 25, Issue 3 2007
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Please note that this issue has been combined with Issue 4 and appears as Volume 25 Number 3/4

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February 2007

Volume 25, Issue 2 2007
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The New Media Landscape
Paul Mallam reviews the new media landscape unfolding in Australia
Focus on Copyright
Fair Use and Copyright in Australia
The Attorney General, The Hon Philip Ruddock MP, addressed the Communications and Media Law Association in August 2006 and set the scene for amendments to Australia's copyright laws that came into effect in December 2006.
Copyright Law Reform
Catherine Mullins summarises the Copyright Amendment Act 2006
Protecting the Copyright Balance in Cyberspace

Adam Sauer looks at the competing philosophies (protection/control vs access/freeedom) at play in conventional copyright regulation and where TPM's fit in the mix.
The Mobile Premium Services Industry Scheme
Simone Brandon reviews the Mobile Premium Services Iindustry Scheme as recently approved by the Australian Communications and Media Authority

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