ICT Rights Links

Advocacy, Monitoring and Opinion

Australian Consumers Association
The Australian Consumers' Association (ACA), publisher of CHOICE magazines, website and books, is an independent not-for-profit organisation which has been researching and campaigning on behalf of consumers since founded in 1959.
http://www.choice.com.au/

Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre
The Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre at UNSW Faculty of Law provides a focus for research, public interest advocacy and education on issues of law and policy concerning digital transactions in cyberspace. It is a Centre of the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
http://www.bakercyberlawcentre.org/

Communications Law Centre
The Communications Law Centre (CLC) is an independent, non-profit, public interest organisation specialising in media, communications and online law and policy.
http://www.comslaw.org.au/

Consumers' Telecommunications Network
The Consumers' Telecommunications Network (CTN) represents the interests of residential consumers in Australian telecommunications. CTN is a national coalition of consumer and community organisations as well as individuals that represent community interests in the national policy arena on telecommunications issues.
http://www.ctn.org.au/

Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA)
A non-profit national organisation representing Internet users concerned with on-line freedoms and rights. EFA was established in January 1994.
http://www.efa.org.au/

Fibreculture
Fibreculture is about critical and speculative interventions in the debate and discussions concerning information technology, the policy that concerns it, the new media for(u)ms it supports and its sustainable deployment towards a more equitable Australia.
http://www.fibreculture.org/

Internet Industry Association of Australia
The IIA identifies and responds to consumer and small business concerns as well as providing regulatory compliance tools for members. Part of this process involves the development of industry codes of practice.
http://www.iia.net.au/

Oznetlaw
A community based legal practice that specialises in internet, online and e-commerce related law in Australia. Excellent resources for individuals, business and start-ups, community and non-profits.
http://www.oznetlaw.net/

Privacy Victoria
Privacy Victoria is the Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner, an independent statutory office created by the Information Privacy Act 2000. Privacy Victoria is the key body in a system regulating the way Victorian government agencies and local councils collect and handle personal information.
http://www.privacy.vic.gov.au/

Copyright

Australian Copyright Council
An independent non-profit organisation providing information, documents, books, training and assistance on Australian copyright issues.
http://www.copyright.org.au/

Intellectual Property and Competition Review Committee
Established by the Australian Government to review the impact of intellectual property laws on competition.
http://ipcr.gov.au/

Copyright Legislation

Copyright Act 1968
Act No. 63 of 1968 as amended. This compilation was prepared on 1 January 2005 taking into account amendments up to Act No. 154 of 2004. Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/

Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA)
The Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) provides an extensive database of Intellectual Property related legislation for Australia.
http://clea.wipo.int/

Intellectual Property

Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights
http://www.atsic.gov.au/issues/indigenous_rights/intellectual_property/

IP Australia
Government organisation providing legal information and registration material for trademarks, patents, designs and intellectual property.
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/

Intellectual Property Legislation

Patents Act 1990
http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/pasteact/1/545/top.htm

Patent Regulations 1991
http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/numrul/9/4841/top.htm

International resources

Communications Rights in the Information Society (CRIS)
A campaign to ensure that communication rights are central to the information society and to the upcoming World Summit to the Information Society (WSIS). The campaign is sponsored and supported by the Platform for Communication Rights, a group of NGOs involved in media and communication projects around the world.
http://www.crisinfo.org/

Free Patents Online
FreePatentsOnline.com provides fast, free access to all US patents and patent applications, partial European data, free PDF downloading, free account features, and more. With the most powerful patent search engine on the web, and an ever-expanding data collection, FreePatentsOnline is rapidly becoming the premiere way to search patents -- free!
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/

Incommunicado
The 'incommunicado' network focuses on the spread and reappropriation of ICT across the 'Global South'. The idea of being (held) incommunicado - to be in a liminal state vis-a-vis multiple regimes of information as well as human rights - serves as point of departure for analyses, critiques, and projects beyond the standard agenda of ICT-for-Development.
http://www.incommunicado.info/

Intellectual Property Watch
Intellectual Property Watch reports on the interests and 'behind the scenes' dynamics which influence the design and implementation of intellectual property policies. A non-profit initiative, Intellectual Property Watch aims to increase transparency, accountability and fairness in global intellectual property policymaking.
http://www.ip-watch.org

Kuro5hin
Community of contributors writing on technology and culture.
http://www.kuro5hin.org/

Media Trade Monitor
A resource pool for information about the impact of global, regional, and bilateral trade agreements on media, culture, and communication.
http://www.mediatrademonitor.org/

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