[LINK] lots of stuff in APO this week

[Jan Whitaker]

Fwd: APO Weekly Briefing - 09 March 2011
>*** CREATIVE & DIGITAL ***
>http://www.apo.org.au/creative-economy
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>DISCUSSION PAPER - TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY OMBUDSMAN SCHEME
>http://www.apo.org.au/research/discussion-paper-telecommunications-industry-ombudsman-scheme
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>Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
>04 March, 2011 | Examining opportunities to 
>reform the  Telecommunications Industry 
>Ombudsman (TIO) scheme, this paper seeks views 
>on the effectiveness of the TIO dispute 
>resolution mechanism since it was established in 1993.
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>CRISES OF FAITH: THE FUTURE OF FAIRFAX
>http://www.apo.org.au/research/crises-faith-future-fairfax
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>Margaret Simons | The Monthly
>04 March, 2011 | It was Jay Rosen, the New York 
>University academic and new media pioneer, who 
>declared some years ago that journalism was a 
>kind of religion, and the average newsroom a nest of believers.
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>DEVELOPMENTS IN HOME NETWORKS
>http://www.apo.org.au/research/developments-home-networks
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>Australian Communications and Media Authority
>03 March, 2011 | Providing high-speed 
>connectivity, interoperability and  portability 
>of services via the last few metres of network 
>in the home  is an area of considerable industry innovation and activity.
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>THE GOOGLE BOOKS SETTLEMENT: A PRIVATE CONTRACT 
>IN THE ABSENCE OF ADEQUATE COPYRIGHT LAW
>http://www.apo.org.au/research/google-books-settlement-private-contract-absence-adequate-copyright-law
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>Jenna Newman | Scholarly and Research Communication
>03 March, 2011 | Internet search giant Google 
>Inc. began digitizing library collections in 
>2004, confident that scanning and indexing books 
>to display excerpts based on users’ search 
>queries were fair uses under U.S. copyright law.
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>IFPI DIGITAL MUSIC REPORT 2011
>http://www.apo.org.au/research/ifpi-digital-music-report-2011
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>The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
>04 March, 2011 | A report released by the IFPI 
>shows that while the recorded music industry 
>experienced growth in digital music sales, 
>digital piracy effectively reduced the value of 
>the industry by nearly a third during the same period.
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>FIVE-YEAR SPECTRUM OUTLOOK 2011-2015
>http://www.apo.org.au/research/five-year-spectrum-outlook-2011-2015
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>Australian Communications and Media Authority
>03 March, 2011 | The five-year spectrum outlook 
>(the Outlook) provides demand analysis across 
>ten different radiocommunication service areas 
>and sets out the ACMA's planned spectrum 
>management work for the short, medium and long term.


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