Bronwyn Howell's presentation at the University of Missouri St Louis USA on 28 September 2011.

Finland and New Zealand are two countries with many geographic social demographic and historic similarities. Their telecommunications markets also demonstrate many superficial similarities. However beneath the superficial performance parallels lie two markets that have developed under...

This chapter considers whether country code top level domain names (ccTLDs) are an emerging area of sui generis intellectual property. Categorising ccTLDs as sui generis intellectual property would facilitate their removal from oversight by ICANN and provide the opportunity for international...

Governance of top level country code domain names (ccTLDs) varies from country to country – however, there are two broad models. The open governance model allows the ccTLD to be purchased and used by any individual or organisation. The second model is protective, imposing rules regarding...

Creative Commons licences were developed in 2002 as a response to what was viewed by the United States based Creative Commons movement as the increasingly restrictive influence of copyright law upon creative culture. The movement sought to develop a constructive alternative to copyright that...

National libraries, museums, and archives have traditionally preserved non-digital cultural entities for future generations, supported by laws permitting them to override legal rights of owners of cultural works in the public interest. As much of today’s cultural material and information is...

The Major Events Management Act 2007 (“the MEMA” ) is intended to prevent the practice of ambush marketing in New Zealand in connection with “… major events that are of international significance.” The Act applies to any event in New Zealand that is declared to be a major event....