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.

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.

Matthew McMillan and Howard Cheung discuss the ASICS's recent proposalls on regulating internet discussion sites.

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.

Nick Abrahams and Kylie Howard provide an update on recent proposals to reform Australian Consumer Protection Laws.

Valeska Bloch considers the changing landscape of sports broadcasting.

Bridget Edhill reviews recent amendments to the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) concerning component pricing.

Lesley Hitchens considers some of the issues associated with product placement in broadcasting and discusses recent reviews commenced by US and UKregulators.

Michael Coonan looks at the use of best practice guidelines in privacy for broadcasters and social networking sites.

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.

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.

Suzanne Derry talks about the laws that apply when creating art involving children and the Australia Council protocols.