Productivity Commission re-ignites copyright wars by recommending 'fair use'
Dec 21, 2016 06:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The Australian Government has just released the Productivity Commissions report into Australias Intellectual Property Arrangements. Its a move that appears to have been designed to avoid some of the controversy of the...
Facebook In Trouble With EU Over Potentially Lies About $19B WhatsApp Acquisition
Dec 21, 2016 05:14 am UTC| Technology Law
Facebook is already in a lot of trouble, what with the proliferation of fake news and German regulators considering punishment over inaction with regards to hate speech. Now, the biggest social media site in the world can...
Germany Gets Serious With Fake News, Facebook Could Face Fines Over Inaction
Dec 19, 2016 05:42 am UTC| Technology Law
At least one country seems to be taking the rapid proliferation of fake news in Facebook seriously, with Germanys leaders actually considering legislative options with regards to the trend. The EU nation is now considering...
Mass graves are horrific, but they must be protected to ensure justice for the victims
Dec 17, 2016 14:00 pm UTC| Life Law
In the middle of the ongoing battle to take the Iraqi city of Mosul back from Islamic State (IS) fighters, Iraqi forces located mass graves south of the city. One had an estimated 100 decapitated bodies and another two...
How Eastern Europe is best placed to hit the ground running after a hard Brexit
Dec 17, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
One of the biggest unknowns when it comes to Brexit is how it will effect the rights of EU citizens and businesses based in the UK. Many fear that a hard Brexit will result in a legal cliff-edge, leaving many without the...
Why EU rules risk making Italy's banking crisis a whole lot worse
Dec 17, 2016 09:00 am UTC| Law Politics
In the wake of the Italian constitutional referendum, the countrys banking crisis is going from bad to worse. The European Central Bank (ECB)s decision to refuse an extension to Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena to raise 5...
NSW bail laws mean well but are landing homeless kids in prison
Dec 17, 2016 06:00 am UTC| Law
Every year in New South Wales, scores of children are locked up because they dont have a safe place to live. About one-third of them are Indigenous; about half are in the care of the state. Some are fleeing domestic...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects