ICTs and Culture : March 2005

Media advocacy for communication rights in Sth Korea

SEOUL, KOREA -- A paper from Dongwon Jo, policy researcher at MEDIAct, discussed the role of media movements and policy intervention, in particular that which empowers the independent media networks and the alternative public sphere. This is a draft paper...

Korean Open Access License

SEOUL, KOREA -- Given the emergence of Creative Commons (CC) licensing in Australia and the debate on its use within the film industry, APC.au decided to have a look at other implementations of the CC licensing, or variations there of,...

MEAA halts world-first film project in Australia

SYDNEY -- Film company, MOD Films, employing Creative Commons licensing, was refused any dispensation from the Australian Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) to contract local actors to an interactive re-mixable sci-fi film called Sanctuary. The decision on Wednesday brings...

ISP raided over file swapping

PERTH -- The Age reports that investigators from the Australian record industry have used rsearch warrants known as Anton Piller orders to raid an ISP suspected of providing hi-speed access, via BiTorrent, to hundreds of thousands of pirated songs and...