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• ACTA will diminish Australia's digital economy: legal expert

  The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), if adopted by Australia, could have major effect on innovation, the digital economy and competition with the country, according to an Australian legal expert.

  By Stephanie McDonald | 28 March, 2012 10:02

  Tags: ACTA, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Australian National University (ANU), copyright, government, piracy

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  The real reasons why SOPA and PIPA are real bad

  Following last week's Backspin, reader Alex Gonzales (Sweetwater, Texas) wrote to me: "Just read your SOPA article and I guess I'm just not seeing the big picture. If the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) could put an end to online piracy and stop a lot of those damn viruses, maybe even stop hackers -- what's bad about that? You say bad for business, bad for Internet -- but how? How is stopping/policing the bad stuff on the Internet bad? Give me some real reasons as to why [SOPA/PIPA] is bad. And don't tell me to go read the SOPA/PIPA bills in their entirety."

  By Mark Gibbs | 28 January, 2012 02:20

  Tags: constitution, doj, due process, Intel, law, Motion Picture Association of America, movie piracy, mpaa, music piracy, PIPA, piracy, Protect Intellectual Property Act, Recording Industry Association of America, riaa, security, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act, US Department of Justice

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  Federal government quietly changes copyright document

  The Attorney’s General Department (AGD) has made unannounced changes to its latest discussion paper on copyright, removing a proposal for a streamlined process for copyright owners to access user details from ISPs for legal reasons

  By Chloe Herrick | 17 October, 2011 12:36

  Tags: Attorney-General's Department (AGD), copyright, ISPs, piracy, Pirate Party, safe harbour provisions

• System to notify consumers of Web piracy

  Hollywood studios, recording labels and internet service providers have created a program to alert internet subscribers when their accounts are used to access movies, songs and other content that entertainment companies consider unauthorised.

  By AAP | 08 July, 2011 14:59

  Tags: illegal downloading, piracy

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  In pictures: iiNet issues piracy discussion paper

  Aims to encourage legitimate use of online content

  By CIO Staff | 15 March, 2011 17:28

  Tags: AFACT v iiNet, copyright, iinet, online content, piracy

• Movie piracy costs Aus economy $1.37 billion in 12 months: AFACT

  The economic impact of movie piracy equated to $1.37 billion in lost revenue to the Australian economy and 6,100 jobs forgone over the 12 months to July 2010, according to a new report from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT).

  By Computerworld Staff | 17 February, 2011 16:55

  Tags: AFACT, piracy

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  Software association paid $57K in 2010 to piracy whistleblowers

  In 2010, the Software and Information Industry Association received 157 reports of alleged corporate end user software piracy.  Of the 157 reports, 42 (or 27 per cent) were judged sufficiently reliable to pursue. Of these 16 qualified for rewards totaling $57,500.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 12 February, 2011 10:26

  Tags: Microsoft, piracy, software

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  The cloud will ‘change piracy’: BSAA

  Moving software to the cloud will have an impact on the piracy industry, according to co-chair of the Business Software Alliance of Australia (BSAA), Clayton Noble.

  By Lisa Banks | 17 September, 2010 13:18

  Tags: BSA, BSAA, cloud, cloud security, IDC, malware, piracy, software piracy

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  Police crack down on counterfeit goods

  The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have embarked on a major crackdown of counterfeit goods, including pirated software, computers and CDs and DVDs, in a move hailed by as a victory by software companies such as Microsoft and representatives of the music and film and TV industries.

  By Renai LeMay | 15 September, 2010 10:32

  Tags: anti-piracy, Australian Federal Police (AFP), Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), BSAA, Microsoft, MIPI, piracy

• U.S. government to crack down on piracy

  U.S. President Barack Obama's administration will seek to aggressively enforce its intellectual property laws by putting pressure on countries that don't shut down piracy Web sites and by requiring all government contractors to check for illegal software, the White House announced.

  By Grant Gross | 23 June, 2010 03:23

  Tags: anti-piracy, Barack Obama, Computer and Communications Industry Association, Ed Black, government, Information Technology Industry Council, intellectual property, Joe Biden, legal, piracy, Regulation, software piracy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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  Super-fast broadband could encourage piracy

  More than a third of Brits (35 percent) think super-fast broadband services will encourage illegal downloading, says Moneysupermarket.

  By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 18 April, 2010 00:03

  Tags: broadband, ISPs, piracy

• 33% of Brits think using pirated software is acceptable

  A third of Brits think using pirated software either at home or work is acceptable, says Microsoft.

  By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 08 April, 2010 00:17

  Tags: copyright, Microsoft, piracy

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  Net piracy could lose Europe $356bn by 2015

  Illegal file-sharers will cost the European creative industries $A356bn (£215bn) by 2015, says Tera Consultants.

  By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 19 March, 2010 00:44

  Tags: copyright, piracy

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  Police raid nets 6500 pirate DVDs

  The Australian Federal Police have seized about 6500 pirate DVDs in a raid on an ACT premises, following an alert from Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) investigators.

  By Computerworld Staff | 18 March, 2010 12:07

  Tags: Australian Federal Police (AFP), Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), copyright, piracy

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  Parliament report stirs lobbying drive on Internet piracy

  Should teenagers who illegally download music, films and the like in their bedrooms be treated like criminal gangs counterfeiting everything from life-saving drugs to Gucci handbags?

  By Paul Meller | 18 March, 2010 06:40

  Tags: european union, piracy, security