New Zealand Patents Bill gets first reading in Parliament
28 May 2009
The Bill to replace the Patents Act 1953 (NZ) has finally received its first reading in Parliament.
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Jacob Grainer
auDA audits .org.au domain names
28 May 2009
In a recent audit of .org.au domain names, auDA (the body responsible for .au domain names) found that 4,113 domain names (being 23% of all audited .org.au domain name registrations) did not comply with the eligibility criteria.
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Can you keep a secret? Good, so can I.
28 May 2009
Confidentiality has seldom before been more challenged than it is at present, by the emergence of the internet phenomenon Wikileaks (http://wikileaks.org).
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Piracy? Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Twice!
28 April 2009
Irish internet provider Eircom has agreed to implement a “three strikes” notice and disconnect regime in settling a case brought against it in the High Court in Ireland by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA).
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Who’s spam is it anyway? “Friend email friend” messages
28 April 2009
ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) recently fined Optus $110,000 for alleged breaches of the Spam Act 2003 (Cth), in sending electronic messages without accurate sender information.
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