- Great Australian firewall is back, The Register
- Microsoft expands licensing program for NGOs, Slashdot
- Google won’t resume its Street View WiFi data collection, ReadWriteWeb
- Google admits to snagging emails, passwords with Street View WiFi snafu, Slashdot
- ACLU says net neutrality is necessary for free speech, Slashdot
- Jammie Thomas’ third trial is imminent, Ars Technica
- Judge Davis refuses request for “reasonable damages” jury instructions in Thomas-Rasset case, Recording Industry vs. The People
- Thomas-Rasset moves for court to consider constitutional due process issue, Recording Industry vs. The People
- US Senators ask USPTO to examine ACTA, Michael Geist
- Mom seeks judgment against Universal in “Dancing Baby” case, EFF
- Judge tells Righthaven it’s fair use, Ars Technica
Tag: Australia
Following Up for the Week Ending 8/8/2010
- Appeal of iiNet case begins
- Day 2 of iiNet appeal
- Day 3 of iiNet appeal
- Day 4 of iiNet appeal
- Does net neutrality violate the 5th Amendment?
- Key lawmaker urges approval of Comcast-NBCU merger without net neutrality conditions
- Telcos close to negotiating a neutrality deal to their liking
- Software will be unpatentable in NZ
HT Wild Webmink - Letter to abolish software patents in Australia
- Hadopi’s secret internet spying spec is leaked
- Criticisms of NZ’s proposed three strikes law
Following Up for the Week Ending 8/1/2010
- Australia censors most of web censorship plan
- Facebook may finally be allowing full deletion of user accounts
- Peter Sunde banned from operating The Pirate Bay
- Patent office ends Microsoft’s attempt to overturn i4i patent
- 2nd suit launched over student laptop webcam spying
- A peek inside the secret network neutrality meetings
- UK privacy watchdog clears Google WiFi slurp
- USPTO seeking interim new guidance on Bilski
- Google web search blocked for some in China
Following Up for the Week Ending 7/11/2010
- ACTA consensus on transparency breaking down
- WIPO worried at why countries felt ACTA needed to be handled outside of WIPO
- An update to the interactive ACTA timeline
- MP Angus calls out Moore, Clement over aspects of C-32
- Mediation in the Thomas-Rasset case fails
- USCG plaintiffs to get 28 IP addresses a month
- Another in-depth comparison of VP-8 and h.264
- SCO appeals
- Comcast settlment now final
- Germany challenging Facebook over privacy of non-users
Via Carey Lening - FCC broadband plan would put US in 2nd tier of countries
- Lawyers pressing NSA warrant-less wiretap cases demanding more then $2MM
- China renews Google’s license to operate
- Australia bows to public pressure, delays plans to filter the net
- Damage verdict in Tenenbaum case reduced ten fold
- Judge says damages in Tenenbaum case were unconstitutionally excessive
- Google found guilt of privacy breach in Australia
Following Up for the Week Ending 3/28/2010
- More thoughts on internet freedom from Ethan Zuckerman
- ACTA agenda leaks, still minimal time for transparency
- EU consultation on ACTA fails to advance the discussion
- Consolidated ACTA leak and first analysis on border searches
- Entertainment industry letter to Obama about ACTA
- Constitutional questions over ACTA
- How ACTA might replace WIPO
- Google officially ends censoring results in China
- Google’s own explanation of change to service in China
- MacKinnon on China’s response to Google
- China likely to revoke google.cn domain name
- Concerns over broadband plan
- Tech companies criticize Australian filtering plan
- DEB will include allowance for accused infringers to appeal
- How the DEB sets up a system like China’s censorship
- Next step in Google’s fiber experiment
- Piracy up in France despite three strikes rule
AFACT Appealing iiNet Ruling
Reader Darryl, who first alerted me to the safe harbor preserving ruling in Australia, also sent me an update about the organization representing the studios pursuing an appeal. Torrent Freak has some more details, encapsulating the irreconcilable views of both parties, each of whom believes opposite effects will follow from it for safe harbors.
The original ruling here was pretty clear but I don’t know enough about the appeals court in question to even guess how things may go from here.
Google Refuses to Block YouTube Videos in Australia
Cory at BoingBoing was one of several folks to pick up this story. As he notes, the minister requesting the blocks is a bit out of touch, citing Google cooperation with filtering in China. Not sure how he missed all of the news coverage on Google’s recent change in stance with regards to China.
This move also bolsters a more charitable interpretation of Google’s motives for their decision about operations in China. It is consistent with their renewed commitment to an open internet and access for all. Another story like this and we’ll definitely be able to chart a trend.