Caslon Analytics

25 September 2009This site concerns the intersection of law, digital technology, business and society in Australia and beyond.

It includes over 1,820 pages (2.38 million words) about regulatory issues, markets, demographics, business models, social trends and technologies.

The site provides in-depth independent analysis that ranges from spam and SMS to P3P, identity offences, biometrics, cybercafes and media economics.

It also contains free guides pertaining to:

-   privacy
-   publishing
-   intellectual property
-   net metrics
-   web design
-   e-marketing
-   consumerism
-   accessibility
-   governance of the net
-   e-taxation & tariffs

-   censorship
-   money & payments
-   e-capital
-   secrecy
-   info economy  
-   networks & the GII
-   digital environments
-   e-politics
-   security & infocrime
-   identity and ID crime

Supplementary profiles cover areas such as email, identity theft, digital divides, defamation, ICANN, the UDRP, cybercafes, auDA, droit de suite, RFIDs, private equity funds, the Australia Card, social software, blogging, broadband over powerline, usenet, cyber-addiction, DRM, the history of the web, moral rights, spoliation and repatriation, vigilantes, murderabilia, podcasting, biometrics, SWFs and archiving the net.

Noticeboard

10 February 2012

The Attorney-General, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, has announced the appointment of Professor Jill McKeough as Commissioner in charge of the ALRC’s Inquiry into Copyright Law.

20 December 2011

Arts Minister Simon Crean has announced an independent review of the Australia Council for the Arts ahead of the development of the nation's first National Cultural Policy in almost 20 years.

15 December 2011

We live in a 'wired society'. But how much are people affected by mental illness included in this? Does social media increase isolation or help people overcome it?