Is copyright law making a monkey out of David Slater?
25 July 2011
Readers may recall the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me!, about the life of staff at a fictional fashion magazine.
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Caroline Wong
Art, copyright and transformation
11 July 2011
Artistic works are often inspired by, and may draw upon, other artistic works or texts.
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After years of copyright law reviewing art, an artist reviews copyright law
6 May 2011
It is trite law that, while the courts will review whether or not an artistic work has the requisite originality to be subject to copyright, they will not review its artistic merit.
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Copyright in medical records
25 June 2010
On 4 May 2010, Justice Stone of the Federal Court delivered judgment in Primary Health Care Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2010] FCA 419 [available here] .
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‘Whiskas is purple…’
25 June 2010
After the parties had settled, it was necessary for Justice Bennett to determine whether Whiskas purple should be registered as a trade mark.
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Clever Decks, Advertising and the Role of the ASB
24 May 2010
The Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) is continuing to robustly assess complaints about advertising in Australia.
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PPCA Flexes Music Muscles
24 May 2010
A decision by the Australian Copyright Tribunal on 17 May ruled that the licence fees paid to the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) for the right to use music in group fitness classes should increase.
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Peer to peer: Developments from London
13 April 2010
Following on from the iiNet case (see our previous posts here and here) and ongoing controversy surrounding online copyright infringement, readers may be interested to learn of developments over in the UK.
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Hey, leave them tracks alone!
15 March 2010
A recent decision by the United Kingdom’s High Court could lead parts of the music industry to call into question the common practice of selling individual tracks on the internet where artists specifically intended that the tracks be heard together.
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