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Consumer advocacy for refugees and communications technology: highights from Mind the Gap
This paper will give an overview of how refugees' technology use has previously been studied. It will further demonstrate how the recent Mind the Gap project funded by ACCAN is a pioneering piece of research that provides insight into a marginalised group of technology consumers about which little is known, and who are under-represented in...
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Copyright in the connected digital world
I have worked for almost 25 years in the field of copyright and I have seen many changes in the area over the years. But the widespread use of the Internet for the exchange of creative content online is proving one of the greatest challenges, and opportunities, for the existing copyright legal framework. Piracy, peer-to-peer...
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Access and control in music distribution: locks, lockers or locked out
In 2011, three digital media giants, Amazon, Google and Apple, launched music locker services. The timing of the launches was curious, given that the decision of a United States district court case on music locker service Mp3tunes.com was still pending1 and the same court had previously ruled that operation of an earlier music locker service...
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Disruption revisited: Netflix, Apple TV, Google TV, Facebook TV
Historically, television and media content have generally been tied to specific distribution platforms or outlets. However, multiple new players and new forces are at work now driving significant changes. Four business models have been constructed in this paper, about current initiatives for Internet based television in the USA, which have the potential to challenge the...
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The Piracy Bus, who's on it? Consumer attitudes to movie and TV theft in Australia
IPAF are a not for profit organisation funded by a broad alliance of businesses and organisations involved in the film and TV industry in Australia. Our purpose is to raise awareness of the cultural, creative and economic value of the Australian industry and the people and businesses within it. We do that through a world...