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No more struggling artists?

4 December 2009

By Ka-On Li

By mid 2010, a new royalty resale scheme will be up and running for visual artists, thanks to the passing of the Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Bill 2008 by the Senate in late November.

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Lucky Escape – Topbuy Avoids Fine of up to $1.1 Million Per Day

4 December 2009

By Clare McMurtrie

On 1 December 2009, online retailer Topbuy was issued with a formal warning from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) for breaching the Spam Act 2003 (see ACMA’s press release).

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Fighting Simulated Fire with Simulated Fire

2 December 2009

By Grace Pead

Hot off the press is the Federal Court judgment in Bitech Engineering v Garth Living [2009] FCA 1392 handed down on 26 November 2009.

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A new instalment in the Google AdWords saga

30 November 2009

By Nadia Spiccia

Back in July and September, we blogged on the controversy surrounding the practice of paying internet search engines for keywords to boost one company’s profile over another.

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Virgin Blues

30 November 2009

By Jaclyn Lontos

It is rare for a parent company to oppose the trade mark of one of its subsidiaries.

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Defamation in social media: Evony v Everiss

30 November 2009

By Julia Atcherley

Earlier this month, USA registered company Evony initiated proceedings against UK blogger Bruce Everiss for defamation in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

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Criminal defamation for Facebook slur

30 November 2009

By Julia Atcherley

Be careful what you write on Facebook!

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Cash for comment rules for bloggers?

30 November 2009

By Julia Atcherley

From 1 December 2009, North America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (the US equivalent of the ACCC) wants bloggers, including Twitter users, to make it clear when they have received cash or products in exchange for writing positive reviews, endorsements and testimonials.

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IP Australia: Second round public consultation on IP rights reform

27 November 2009

By Ben Clemson

IP Australia has announced a second round public consultation on IP rights reforms.

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The book digitisation “race”: An EU update

18 November 2009

By David Freyne

In an effort to deliver a pro-competition book digitisation solution before the arrival of the Google solutions proposed in the US Books Settlement, the Commission of European Communities recently announced follow up initiatives to the public consultation Green Paper on “Copyright in the Knowledge Economy”.

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