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Illiteracies

Travelling is always a good reminder of everything that you don't know about the world, and everything that you take for granted, particularly if you go to a place with quite a different language or culture. In Perth, I don't think twice about planning a trip across the city on public transport, ordering food, looking … Continue reading Illiteracies →

Australian Digital Alliance Forum (part three)

Introducing Flexibility Professor Anne Fitzgerald Andrew Christie has come up with a model for how to simplify copyright. How to get a pragmatic approach to dealing with copyright? Good ideas on how to create more flexibility from looking at needs of the public sector. GLAM sector has quite a large amount of orphaned work. Obama … Continue reading Australian Digital Alliance Forum (part three) →

Australian Digital Alliance (part two)

Safe Harbours Charles Alexander (Chair) Ishtar Vij Tom Joyce Paula Bray Charles Alexander Safe harbours in AU only cover ISPs, not other service providers. Ishtar Vij Public Policy and Government Affairs Google (opens with a revision of massive growth of the Web.) Google wants to allow for sharing and remixes while respecting content creators' rights. … Continue reading Australian Digital Alliance (part two) →

Notes from the Australian Digital Alliance Forum

I'm at the ADA Forum today, and I thought that I might as well share my notes with you as I go along. These will obviously be rather messy, but I'll write some more thoughtful (and well-formatted) comments over the next few days. Comments in square brackets are my own, rather than the speakers'. Morning … Continue reading Notes from the Australian Digital Alliance Forum →