Synposis
The use of virtual private networks (VPNs) has come under the spotlight in recent copyright reform discussions in a number of countries. Users may use VPNs in order to avoid geoblocking (used to restrict access to copyright material to or from a particular jurisdiction). In Australia, there has been public debate over whether the use of VPNs is positive and should be encouraged, or negative and perhaps already illegal under copyright law – even, perhaps, something that might be blocked under Australia’s new website blocking laws (which are modelled on Singaporean legislation). Kimberlee Weatherall has been involved in these public policy debates, and will work through the range of legal arguments that have been made, as well as the positions taken by various stakeholders in Australia.
Speaker's Profile
Kimberlee Weatherall is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Sydney specialising in intellectual property law, including copyright as it interacts with digital technologies. She is a member of the Law Council of Australia’s IP Subcommittee and the Board of the Australian Digital Alliance, and a former member of both the Board of the Arts Law Centre of Australia, the Commonwealth of Australia’s Advisory Council on Intellectual Property and the consultative committee associated with the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Inquiry into Copyright and the Digital Economy. She regularly gives evidence to a range of Commonwealth Parliamentary Committees on matters relating to intellectual property law and the relationship between intellectual property law and trade.
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Last updated on 13 Sep 2016 .
