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Posts Tagged ‘IT Law’auDA rolls out DNSSECFriday, August 27th, 2010 .au name space to become more secure with the rollout of DNSSEC Details of the rollout of Domain Names System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in the .au domain name space have recently been released by the au Domain Administration (auDA). Developed in conjunction with the .au registry operator, AusRegistry, the plan consists of a five stage process to introduce DNSSEC into the .au Top Level Domain (TLD) and second –level zones, including com.au, net.au, org.au and asn.au. DNSSEC is a security extension that facilitates the digital signing of internet communications. Implementation of the plan hopes to see additional protection against a range of vulnerabilities. AuDA CEO, Chris Disspain has said in an auDA announcement that “DNSSEC can provide an extra level of security to help ensure that Australian internet users will be directed to the website or service they expect to enter when they enter a domain name into their browser.” Implementation is scheduled to commence next month and allows for: - Experimentation and testing of core systems - The gradual signing of second level .au domains and the .au TLD - A trail implementation for .au domain registrants, and - Full protection rollout to registrants A review to be undertaken by auDA’s independent Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), chaired by professor Bill Caelli from the Queensland University of Technology, will be conducted at the end of each stage. The fifth, and vital stage of the implementation plan will be the active encouragement of Australian ISPs and domain registrants to adopt DNSSEC. auDA believes that the Australian Government will play a significant role in delivering to the ISPs, the message about the importance of DNSSEC for the security of Australia’s internet infrastructure. We will keep you updated as the implementation process rolls out. Tags: auDA, DNSSEC, domain law, domain lawyer, domain name, domain name lawyer, domainers, domains, IT Law, technology law, technology lawyer Online spoofs and the lawTuesday, August 10th, 2010 A recent YouTube video campaign targeting Logie award winner and Home and Away Star Ray Meagher, has raised questions about free speech and internet law. Cooper Mills Director Erhan Karabardak and IT Lawyer was interviewed by Channel 9′s ‘A Current Affair’ about his expert legal opinion on internet regulation of online media, and in particular his views on the so called comedy videos. Tags: A Current Affair, Erhan Karabardak, internet law, IT Law, IT Lawyer, online media law, technology law, technology lawyer Google gives undertakings to Privacy CommissionerMonday, July 12th, 2010 Google has given undertakings to the Australian Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis, after the completion of her investigations into Google’s inadvertent collection of unsecured Wi-Fi data from private residencies around Australia, whilst collecting images for Google Street View. Google has given the following undertakings: - That it will publish an apology to Australians for its collection of unsecured WiFi data in its official Australian Blog - That it will provide a privacy impact assessment (PIA) on any new Street View data collection activities its undertakes in Australia - This is will provide a copy of these PIAs to the Commoners Office - That it will regularly consult with the Privacy Commissioner about personal data collection activities arising from significant product launches in Australia. The undertakings come after the Commissioner was satisfied that the information collected by Google breached the Privacy Act 1988. The Commissioner was unable to impose a sanction on Google due to having already initiated an investigation. This has prompted the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) to make an inquiry into Australian privacy laws. This may prompt the government into taking action to strengthen the enforcement regime. Tags: IT Law, Privacy, Privacy Law, Privacy Lawyer, technology law, technology lawyer auDA calls for nominations to 2010 Names Policy PanelMonday, July 5th, 2010 Australian domain name regulator, auDA has called for nominations from interested and qualified persons to take part in the 2010 Names Panel.
Tags: auDA, domain lawyers, domain name lawyers, IT Law, technology lawyer Australia gets tough on cybercrimeTuesday, May 4th, 2010 Australia will strengthen its stance on cybercrime by signing the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime. The move will see Australia join the European Union (EU), the United States, Canada, Japan and South Africa. The EU is pushing for the convention to become an international standard. Twenty-seven countries have so far signed the convention, however, more than 100 are using it to reform domestic laws. Key points of the convention include:
Australia’s signing of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime follows our involvement in negotiations for the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and several national cybercrime attacks involving Federal Government websites and sites of major corporations. Signing the convention is one of many initiatives Australia is making to reduce our exposure to cybercrime and other potential cyber risks. Tags: Cyber Law, IT Law, IT Lawyer, IT Lawyers iPad: Opportunity or Threat?Saturday, January 30th, 2010 Cooper Mills guest author, Senior Brand Strategist, James Grant Hay examines the implications of the device on the Australian media industry and publishing sector Many believe the iPad and iBookstore will do for the publishing industry what the iPod and iTunes store did to the music industry in 2001. Back then, iTunes accelerated the decline of their business model and tore apart the original bundles of records subsequently sold to consumers at unit price. Will our local media industry and publishing sector share the same fate or embrace the iPad as a revolution of the digital age? So far, the signs have been encouraging. The Australian Publishers Association report that Australian publishers have been in extensive talks with Apple over the last few months in an effort to seal licensing deals for Australia. Although the iBookstore is not expected to be available to Australian users on launch, that date is likely to change quickly as the Australian Publishers Association has confirmed licensing deals are well on the way to being completed this year. In the US, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has announced eBook deals with five of the world’s leading publishers – Hachette, Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan. These talks have been hastened with the arrival of other eReader devices. Amazon (with its Kindle) and Barnes & Noble (with the Nook) have the potential to diminish the importance of publishing companies altogether through the use of self-publishing platforms by authors. To avoid this, Australian publishers have in the last 12 months been paying a lot of attention to digitisation and preparing for electronic works to ensure plenty of titles are available to Australian consumers. But until a sufficient number of these titles are in place, it will be imperative for the Federal Government to lift the ban on book sellers from buying cheap foreign imports from overseas sellers. Currently, parallel importation rules prevent stores from sourcing books at lower costs from overseas markets. Retailers, such as Borders will need to respond to the growing consumer demand. REDgroup, owners of booksellers Angus & Robertson and Borders – are already planning 1 million titles that can be downloaded across multiple technologies in Australia. The challenge for publishers therefore will be the speed with which they can port their back catalogues to digital. Porting books to the digital world is difficult because entire back catalogues must be digitised in different formats and publishers should seek professional legal advice on redrafting and in some cases renegotiating copyright deals with authors and estates for the purposes of digital distribution. Only two leading publishers have converted Australian print books to digital form in significant numbers – Allen & Unwin has a library of 1500 titles, while Pan Macmillan Australia has 500 titles ready to go digital. Newspapers and magazines are also planning to sell content on the device through digital apps, but The New York Times is the only publisher to have revealed its offering so far. News Ltd spokesman Greg Baxter refused to comment to Australian media on its iPad plans last week, but Brian McCarthy, chief executive of Fairfax Media, has been bullish about the prospects for the new device. The iPad will allow newspapers and magazines to be easily read electronically in a format that many readers will enjoy while also linking pages directly with breaking news and videos on their digital mastheads, such as The Age. Fairfax is reportedly developing apps that could be used on both the iPad and iPhone. With sales of Amazon Kindle devices outstripping actual print book sales in the US over Christmas, the Apple iPad is sure to be a hot seller amongst Australian consumers. Among the questions to be contemplated by publishers over the coming months will be the meaning of their brand in a tablet world – to avoid the fate of the music labels, publishers such as Pacific Magazines will need to determine how to maintain individual brands in their overall stable, rather than individual stories; in other industries, companies will need to decide if the most potent expression of their brand is bundling existing free web products with a premium pay-wall subscription, or in the case of Sports Illustrated below, an entirely new multimedia product. Watch and embed the Sports Illustrated player James Grant Hay is CEO of Inshot, Branded Content Specialists Tags: brand strategy, copyright infringement, copyright law, ipad, IT Law, IT Lawyer, IT Lawyers, James Grant Hay Happy Holidays – Seasons GreetingsSunday, December 27th, 2009 To all of our clients and visitors to our blog, we wish you seasons greetings and a safe and prosperous new year. Thank you for your support in 2009, and we look forward to working with you in 2010. Our office will be re-open on 11 January 2010. Stay tuned for our new IT Law, Telecommunications Law, Domain Law and general Commercial Law articles / posts. Tags: Commercial Law, domain law, domain name law, IT Law, telecommunications law 4G network to go liveWednesday, December 16th, 2009
Telecommunications Company TeliaSonera has said it is recruiting customers to pilot its new 4G network in Oslo and Stockholm which will be launched in early 2010. The 4G network is configured around the Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, with data speeds of up to 100 megabits per second, which is significantly faster than existing 3G networks. The 4G roll out has be designed to easily deploy by overlaying existing 3G infrastructure. Customers will initially connect to the network via a Samsung B3710 USB dongle and a laptop, as no handsets can yet use the 4G network. The Samsung B3710 lets users download at max speeds of 100Mbps. The B3710 is set to be available in the first half of 2010, in time for the first live customer tests. Handsets that can use LTE are expected in mid-late 2010. Ericsson has constructed the network in Stockholm, Sweden while in Oslo, Norway Chinese firm Huawei is behind the operations. Both networks cover the central regions in both cities. Most operators have committed to upgrading to the faster system, and TeliaSonera expects that the advance is speed will drive the use of many novel applications such as gaming and viewing of video on laptops. Tags: 3G network, 4G network, data network, isp law, ISP Lawyers, IT Law, IT Lawyers, Telco Law, telecommunications law, Telecommunications Lawyers New IT Law and Domain Law PostsThursday, December 10th, 2009 We are working on bringing you some more new and interesting IT Law and Domain Law posts and articles shortly. To assist us to cater to our audience, if you have any specific requests for IT Law, Domain Law or Telecommunications Law articles or information, feel free to drop us a note at info@coopermills.com.au Tags: domain law, domain lawyer, IT Law, IT Lawyer, telecommunications law, Telecommunications Lawyers Court allows TwitterMonday, October 19th, 2009 In a report published by The Australian, it has been revealed that journalists have been using microblogging tool Twitter to provide live updates on the iiNet Case being heard before the Federal Court in Sydney. According to The Australian, Justice Cowdrey said:
Ordinarily any form of recording device such as a video camera or tape recorder is prohibited in a Court, however, there are times where Judges will all the use of such devices. This appears to be the first time where a Court has specifically addressed the issue of Twitter use within a Court room. According to IT Lawyer and Cooper Mills Lawyers Principal, Erhan Karabardak:
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