The Communications Law Bulletin (CLB) discusses a wide range of communications law and policy issues and is distributed in hard copy to members as part of their membership. Authors regularly include communications and media lawyers, industry representatives, academics, policy experts and law students. Contributions and comments to the CLB are sought from members of the public including features, articles and case notes. We have a flexible word limit but most articles are about 1000-1500 words. Please send all contributions and comments to editor@camla.org.au. Past Issues of the CLB are are being progressively loaded onto this site and will be accessible here except for the four most recent issues.

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April 2009	Volume 27, Issue 4 2009   Click here for authors and summary Minister's Address to the Communications and Media Law Association On 25 March 2009, Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, addressed the Communications and Media Law Association at the offices of Henry Davis York in Sydney. Landmark Copyright Case: ISP Liability for Copyright Infringement? Anita Cade and Maya Port consider some of the issues raised in a recent Federal Court Action against ISP iiNet and also review approaches taken to ISP responsibility for users' copyright infringement in certain other countries. Do You Need to be licensed to Operate Your Internet Discussion Site? Matthew McMillan and Howard Cheung discuss the ASICS's recent proposalls on regulating internet discussion sites. Fakery and Deception in Participation TV - Lessons Learned from the IK'S TV Phone-line Scandals Gavin Smith exmines the background and regulatory response to one of the UK's worst television public relations disasters involving the faking of winners in on-air phone competitions and broadcasters receiving revenue from premium-rate phone votes which were never counted. Government Focuses on Consumer Law Changes Nick Abrahams and Kylie Howard provide an update on recent proposals to reform Australian Consumer Protection Laws. Sports Broadcasting in the Digital Era Valeska Bloch considers the changing landscape of sports broadcasting. Trade Practices Amendment: Achieving Clarity in Pricing Bridget Edhill reviews recent amendments to the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) concerning component pricing.	View full publication (PDF file,176 kb)
January 2009	Volume 27, Issue 3 2009   Click here for authors and summary Product Placement - US and UK Regulatory Reviews of an Expanding Market Lesley Hitchens considers some of the issues associated with product placement in broadcasting and discusses recent reviews commenced by US and UKregulators. Broadcasting and Social Networking - The Role of Privacy Guidelines Michael Coonan looks at the use of best practice guidelines in privacy for broadcasters and social networking sites. A Question of Malice Chris Chapman provides a case note on Australannd Holdings v Transparency & Accountability Council Inc. & Anor (2008) NSWSC669 which considered the requirements of publication and malice in an action for injurious falsehood. Classroom Use of Multimedia Materials - Copyright Infringement or a "Special Case"? Alex Farrar examines the impact of amendments to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) on the use of multimedia content in classrooms and questions whether these amendments have achieved their intention of providing greater flexibility in the use of copyright materials. Child Photographers, Not Child Pornographers Suzanne Derry talks about the laws that apply when creating art involving children and the Australia Council protocols.	View full publication (PDF file,147 kb)

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