Media statements and opinion pieces by the Australian Digital Alliance in response to copyright law and policy developments.

Media Statements

  • 22 April 2009

    In a landmark copyright case, the High Court has ruled against Channel Nine in favour of the online start-up company IceTV.

    The High Court reversed the ruling of the Full Federal Court, saying that IceTV did not infringe Nine’s copyright when they used some of the time and title information in Nine’s programme guides.

    The Australian Digital Alliance (ADA) praised the result, noting that this case has much broader implications than whether an online company can use information contained in a TV guide.

  • 29 July 2008

    The Australian Digital Alliance (ADA) is concerned that proponents of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) are pushing to finalise the controversial treaty by the end of the year, even though it appears it’s not even at draft text stage yet.

  • 20 June 2008

    The New Zealand government has announced it will engage in public consultation over a controversial trade agreement currently being negotiated behind closed doors by a select group of developed countries. Negotiation of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is being lead by the United States, the European Union, Japan and Switzerland, with countries such as New Zealand and Australia invited to participate, however the substance of the agreement is being kept under tight wraps.

  • 27 November 2006

    A controversy over cricket supporters' parodies of copyright works raises larger issues of copyright law reform in Australia. The Australian Parliament will this week consider the Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 (Cth), which provides qualified protection for parody and satire.

    The record company EMI threatened to sue the Australian cricket supporters, the Fanatics, for breach of copyright over a number of musical works contained in its song-book. The songs included parodies of The Monkees'

    Daydream Believer, the Village People's Go West and Robbie Williams' Rock DJ .

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