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August issue - download pdf (222k)

Feature: Piracy: taking it to the classroom

With film & TV piracy ripping more than $230 million out of the Australian economy each year, key players in the industry have joined forces with the education sector to produce school resources on this important issue. Off the air speaks to the IP Awareness Trust’s Communications Director, Narelle Riley about how the industry hopes to get the right copyright message to kids. >> read more

2008 EnhanceTV ATOM Award finalists announced

The EnhanceTV ATOM Awards have announced finalists in more than 30 categories of film, television, animation and multimedia from an extraordinary field of talent. >> read more

Nominations for Board of Directors

Screenrights is calling for nominations to fill four vacancies on its Board of Directors, with nominations to be in writing and returned to Screenrights by 5pm, 11 September 2008. >> read more

Australian Directors Guild Awards 2008

Entries are closed for this year’s Australian Directors Guild (ADG) Awards, with winners to be announced at a star-studded ceremony in Sydney on 27 September, sponsored by Screenrights. >> read more

Writers honoured at AWGIES

Australia’s top writers were honoured at this year’s AWGIES, held in August in Melbourne. >> read more

DOCNZ extends deadlines

The deadline for the DOCNZ 2009 Pitching Forum proposal has been extended to 4.00pm, 28 November 2008. >> read more

Proposed changes to US laws on using ‘orphan works’

Two bills before the US Congress would limit the consequences of using works without permission, provided the copyright owner cannot be identified or found. The bills apply to works from other countries, including Australia, provided the use occurs in the United States. >> read more

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