*Edited 2/24/2021 to reflect new information* The debate is intensifying as Australian policymakers move closer to making the News Media […]

Project Disco · February 19, 2021

As many Disruptive Competition Project readers know, late last year Australia drafted a Code of Conduct to regulate Google and […]

Project Disco · January 22, 2021

In this series on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) proposed Draft News Media Bargaining Code (Draft Code), DisCo […]

Ali Sternburg · October 9, 2020

Australian Regulators Stir Trade Conflict with Demands on U.S. Tech Companies In this ongoing series on the Australian Competition and […]

Rachael Stelly · September 4, 2020

The previous blog post in this series discussed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) proposed legislation to regulate commercial […]

Marianela Lopez-Galdos · August 13, 2020

The preservation of public interest news production has become an important goal of many jurisdictions, and Australia is no exception […]

Marianela Lopez-Galdos · August 6, 2020

Australia just expanded its copyright safe harbors to provide certain legal protections for educational, cultural, and disabilities organizations. Unfortunately, the […]

Jonathan Band · July 6, 2018

During Prime Minister Turnbull’s visit to Washington in February, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism […]

Rachael Stelly · April 10, 2018

This column comes from Australia, which I’m visiting for the first time. Let’s do the obvious Aussie tech clichés first: […]

Frances Robinson · July 8, 2015

While patent reform seems to be the top IP-related priority for most US policymakers, copyright reform discussions in the US […]

Ali Sternburg · November 5, 2013