INDIGENOUS MEDIA IS A PRIORITY, AND NOT JUST A LUXURY
Dot West argues for clear government policy, matched by funding to strengthen Indigenous media in Australia. In this, the first of a two part article based on her 1993 Boyer Lecture, West sets indigenous media in context.
THE FORMIDABLE PROCESS OF REFORM
Duncan Kerr, the Federal Minister for Justice, outlines the Government's proposed reforms to the Copyright Act
SUN BROUGHT TO EARTH ON SECTION 52
TRADE PRACTICES ACT CLAIM
Ross Duncan reports on a recent Federal Court decision which confirms that the editorial content of publications is protected from actions for misleading and deceptive conduct
"BOOTLEGS" REVISITED
Jim Dwyer and Andrew Wiseman report on the recent litigation brought by Sony Music against Apple House Music
PERFORMERS PROTECTION - THE GAP EXPOSED
Stephen Peach expounds upon the problems of and possible solutions to "unauthorised" sound recordings
REPORT - PROTECTING YOUR PROPERTY RIGHT IN NEW COMMUNICATIONS - SIGNALS, PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY
A summary of the proceedings of the seminar held on 22 September 1993 sponsored by Communications & Media Law Association, Media and Communications Committee, Law Council of AustraIia, LAWASIA
EDMOND IN WONDERLAND
Georgina Waite reports on the recent decision concerning "comments" made by Edmond Capon on a portrait by Vladas Meskenas
RECENT ACT DEFAMATION CASES
Noel Greenslade provides a roundup
TRADING IN RADCOM LICENCES: SOME FUTURE SHOCKS
Paul Mallam examines the creation of a new spectrum licence and the tradeable nature of rights of access to the spectrum
REPORT - A REPORT ON SEMINARS CONDUCrED BY THE CENTRE FOR MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW AND POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Australian content: new rules and policies? The right to investigate and report
THE PROS AND CONS OF VARIOUS DISTRIBUTION METHODS FOR NARROWCAST AND PAY TV
Barney Blundell argues AAP's view that a regionalised system is the best method of distribution of emerging "IV services
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