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Rapid innovation and convergence in the TMT space in Australia, together with an ever-changing legal and regulatory environment, means that TMT organisations must constantly re-evaluate, and in some cases entirely re-engineer, their business models and strategies. This chapter, contributed by partners Anthony Lloyd, Paul Kallenbach and Paul Schoff, discusses the different laws and regulations that impact the TMT space in Australia.
How companies should use social media continues to be a vexed issue for management and boards. Organisations can face serious reputational repercussions if they fail to properly manage online dialogue with customers and other stakeholders, and they may also attract legal liability. In our view, a tailored approach taking into account legal and non-legal areas of risk, the social media landscape in which the company operates, and available resources is a sensible strategy.
This week the Australian Government released its hotly anticipated package of reforms in response to the Convergence Review and the Independent Inquiry into the Media and Media Regulation ('the Finklestein Inquiry'). The proposed changes will 'bolt on' additional regulation to the already complex media landscape and principally affect traditional news organisations.
On 12 October 2011 the Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Commonwealth Attorney General, launched a public consultation paper proposing amendments to Part V Division 2AA of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)to extend the application of the safe harbour scheme to entities providing network access and online services.
The Federal Government is developing a new media and communications policy framework in Australia, in response to changes in the way consumers use and access television, radio, the internet and telecommunications services. Its newly appointed Convergence Review Committee recently released an Emerging Issues paper, and it plans to conduct public hearings and prepare detailed discussion papers.
