Monkey Selfies, Elephant Expressionism – is there copyright in Australia in animal generated works?

If you read The Washington Post, The Telegraph, The Guardian or The Age (or any other major newspaper) in mid-August, you may be aware of the dispute between Wikipedia and photographer David Slater concerning the ownership of copyright in a selfie taken by a monkey who, according to the photographer, had ‘stolen’ his camera. If not, …
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Carbon Revolution develops world leading carbon fibre wheel technology

Australian company Carbon Revolution has developed, and is now commercially producing, the world’s first one piece carbon fibre automobile wheel. The commercially available CR-9 wheel (pictured), represents more than seven years of development, including the wheel design and manufacturing process that is the subject of intellectual property protection in a number of countries. The technology …
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Q&A: User-generated content and copyright

If you believe everything you read in the press, there’s money to be made from creating content for the masses to view online. Top YouTube content producers reportedly earn $100,000 a year from advertising revenue and some people have quit their day jobs to blog about everything from pets to parenting to pineapples. If you …
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