Mike Walsh posts a few thoughts following his "On The Couch" interview with Mark Scott, Managing Director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), in Sydney last Tuesday evening, and the future of public broadcasting in Australia. IP based distribution of ABC content is growing - by all accounts by the end of 2008, the ABC will have facilitated 50 million downloads of its shows. That raises ... Read full entry

Graeme Philipson discusses the surreptitiously conceived Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which aims to strengthen digital copyright protection. In effect the new regulations mean border and immigration officers in treaty countries will become "copyright police", empowered to search, confiscate, or destroy, virtually at their sole discretion, any electronic device that may, or may not, hold content that contravenes copyright laws. The ACTA draft is a scary document. If a treaty based on ... Read full entry

Byte Me!: "is a Digital Content Festival, featuring a program of screenings, Show 'n Tells by Industry speakers from around the world, live audiovisual performances and innovative cross-media events." On in Perth, Western Australia, from 2 to 9 December 2007. + Astronomers defend asteroid warning mix-up: a miss is as good as a ... Read full entry