etflix has confirmed that Australians will pay up to 20% more for the digital streaming service to align with the introduction of the GST to digital products and services purchased in Australia from international companies.Netflix has increased its prices ahead of the legislative changes which will come into effect on 1 July 2017. The company is using the opportunity … [Read more...]
Intellectual Property Law Reform Needs a Hero
n October 2015, you know, the good old days when Donald Trump wasn’t POTUS and Brexit wasn’t a thing, the Australian Government asked the Productivity Commission to undertake a 12-month public inquiry into our intellectual property arrangements.The result? A document of over 750 pages that identifies pretty much every flaw in our current system, and boy are there a lot of … [Read more...]