Writing
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I am a guest this morning at the University of Technology Sydney’s “Innovation and Technology Research Laboratory”, better known within UTS as The Magic Lab. The Magic Lab has a broad spectrum…
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Your TV is watching you – Where does it end?
News reports (extremetech) indicate that Microsoft has filed for a patent whereby “The users consuming the content on a display device are monitored so that if the number of user-views licensed is…
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Melbourne Law School Faculty Research Seminar Series
I will presenting my paper, Predicting Fair Use, at the Melbourne Law School Faculty Research Seminar Series on Monday 11 March 2013. The citation for the paper is Predicting Fair Use 73 Ohio State Law Journal…
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Slides for my Australian Digital Alliance Keynote address later today
You can now download the slide for my keynote presentation at the Australian Digital Alliance 2013 copyright forum, ‘Embracing the Digital Economy: creative copyright for a creative nation’. click here: ADA Key Note (Online Display)
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The Imaginary Conflict Between Fair Use and International Copyright Law
Introduction Fair use opponents and skeptics often question whether an open standard that relies on judicial application is compatible with international treaty obligations. In my view, outside the European Union, there is…
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I posted a few comments on the ownership of running data and some implications for IP and Antitrust law a few days ago on “Reading, wRiting and Running“. The post is repeated…
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Ariel Katz, Fair Use 2.0: The Rebirth Of Fair Dealing In Canada (Draft, Jan. 24, 2013) In previous work I have highlighted the English origins of the modern fair use doctrine in…
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Embracing the Digital Economy – the 2013 Australian Digital Alliance Copyright Forum
The Australian Digital Alliance will hold its 2013 annual copyright forum, ‘Embracing the Digital Economy: creative copyright for a creative nation’. The forum will considers how Australia’s copyright framework fits in with…
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2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest #gcongress
The Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest is part of an attempt to define a positive agenda for policy reform in IP by building a global network of scholars…
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The Authors Guild Does Not Speak for Academic Authors
Academic authors are being asked to stand by an watch as the Authors Guild litigates against their wishes and interests, but supposedly on their behalf. This hubris is not exactly unprecedented. The…