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Case Studies (briefing notes)

NB: For preferred content and style of the case study, see the case_study_tips.htm page.

Choose your case from the list below. (Those already taken will be marked with an X.) Please email the convenor with your choice. Please contact the convenor if you do not have a case assigned by Week 5.

You may also pick another case not on this list provided you send the convenor a request, with information similar to that in the table below:

See case_study_tips.htm for more detail on how to write the case study.
The format can include lists, tables and bullet points and should not be longer than 1,000 words.
Shorter briefing notes are encouraged, two pages.
It is an exercise in brevity and precision, not detail or lengthy explanation. You should cover the main required headings, but omit waffle.
You may include one or two useful (properly formatted, cited and complete) references, with links, but no need for an extensive references list.

Case study briefing notes must be submitted by the end of Week 9 (by close of business Friday, check to see closing time, aim for a few hours in advance).
Please sign and staple a Law Faculty Cover Sheet to your submission, available here or from the counter on Law level 2. [links updated 2012]

Submit to the student counter on level 2 of the Law Building, F8, lower campus off the main walkway near Anzac Parade. Go up escalators to level 1 and then around and up one set of stairs to level 2, or use lift. Counter is inside the glass reception area.

List of cases - do only one:

Case
Taken

Year

The decision

 URLs of Commentary etc.
Eatock v Bolt  [2011] FCA 1103, Federal Court of Australia, 28 September 2011   2011 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/2011/1103.html
Andrew Bolt case, Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) - relevance of factual errors - "anything said or done reasonably and in good faith" - comparison with Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) defence of "fair comment"

Spencer Zifcak (Allan Myers professor of law, Australian Catholic University; president of Liberty Victoria), "What's reasonable is a dubious matter for law," The Australian, Legal Affairs section, 14 October 2011, at: <http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/whats-reasonable-is-a-dubious-matter-for-law/story-e6frg97x-1226166220215> (viewed 14 October 2011) or archived
Getup Ltd v Electoral Commissioner [2010] FCA 869 (13 August 2010)  
2010
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/2010/869.html
Election enrolment – electronic submission, digitally signed – Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (Cth) satisfied? –“in order” for s 102 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)?		 http://lamppostblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/electronic-voter-enrolment-getup-ltd-v.html
Finkel v Dauber et ors, 22 July 2010, Supreme Court of New York
2010

http://scholar.google.com.au/scholar_case?case=8112068858513110770
Defamation (in a US jurisdiction)

 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/07/judge-facebook-comments-were-puerile-but-not-defamation.ars
Aktas v Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd [2010] HCA 25  
2010
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2010/25.html
Defamation – bank mistakenly dishonoured cheques, communicated to payees – Defence of 'Qualified privilege'		 http://www.corrs.com.au/corrs/website/web.nsf/Content/
Pub_TGIF_Bounced_cheques_130810
Primary Health Care Limited v Commissioner of Taxation [2010] FCA 419

2010

 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/2010/419.html
Copyright in medical records with many 'authors'? (eg, electronic health records)		 http://www.freehills.com.au/private/6525.aspx
Telstra Corp. Ltd. v Phone Directories Co. Pty. Ltd. [2010] FCA 44
2010
 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/2010/44.html
Is there copyright in a mere laborious compilation of facts like a phone book?		 http://files.cecollect.com/810/3513/EURDMS-8047-v1-Client_Alert_-_Federal_Court.PDF
Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd (No 3) [2010] FCA 24
2009
 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/2010/24.html
Liability of ISPs for 'authorising' copyright infringement by their clients' P2P activities? (You could also do the Full Bench Appeal from early 2011, but the December 2011 High Court final appeal may still not be handed down before the class is complete. Check with lecturer if you wish to do these later ones.)

http://www.minterellison.com/public/connect/Internet/Home/Legal+Insights/Articles/A-HEF2-Authorisation+of+copyright+infringement

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lawreport/stories/2010/2813376.htm

Michael Brown & ors. v Members of Classification Review Board of OFLC [1998] FCA 319
1998
 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/1998/319.html
Should a pro-shoplifing article be 'Refused Classification' under the National Guidelines for content classification?

http://libertus.net/censor/rdocs/rabelais2.html#FC2

http://libertus.net/censor/rdocs/rabelais.html#Contents
Telstra Corporation Limited v The Commonwealth [2008] HCA 7
2008
 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2008/7.html
Consumer protection - Does Telstra 'own' 'property' in the phone network, requiring compensation for any 'aquisition', ie by regulating prices?

http://www.hcourt.gov.au/media/Telstra%20v%20Commonwealth.pdf

http://publications.epress.monash.edu/doi/abs/10.2104/tja08006

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra_Corporation_Limited_v_The_Commonwealth
Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [1997] HCA 25
1997
 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1997/25.html
Content regulation - Is there any implied constitutional protection of 'political' speech in Australia?

http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v5n1/walker51.html

http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/1997-98/98rn03.htm
Dow Jones & Company Inc. v Gutnick

2002

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/2002/56.html
Can a Melbourner sue a US-hosted web publication for defamation in the Victorian Supreme Court?

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=1093
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v11n3/beyer113.html

Rindos v Hardwick

1994

http://anthropology.buffalo.edu/Rindos/Law/judgement.html
http://decisions.justice.wa.gov.au/supreme/supdcsn.nsf/
c04d382e733a94a148256fc4002b2e2b/12ce060858b5
eb9e4825641300205ca6?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,rindos
Online defamation

http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/articles1/auburn1.html

Godfrey v Demon Internet Ltd

1999

http://www.cyber-rights.org/documents/godfrey_decision.htm

http://www.cyber-rights.org/reports/demon.htm

Macquarie Bank Ltd & Anor v Berg

1999

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/supreme_ct/1999/526.html

http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v8n3/
kampmark83_text.html#t1

US v Robert Tappan Morris

1991

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/crime/Morris.html

http://www.ods.com.ua/win/eng/security/
Max_Security/ch31/ch31.phtml

DPP v Sutcliffe

2001

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSC/2001/43.html

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s155544.htm

Baines v. Chelekis

1997

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/ca/00/01/c00-0112.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/defamation/liability.html

Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe, Inc.

1991

http://www.bitlaw.com/source/cases/copyright/cubby.html

http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Academic_edu/CAF/law/
cubby-v-compuserve.summary

Stratton Oakmont, Inc. v. Prodigy Services Co

1995

http://www.tomwbell.com/NetLaw/Ch04/Stratton.html
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/ISP/ISPc4.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/maggot/censorship/prod2.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratton_Oakmont,_
Inc._v._Prodigy_Services_Co.

Zeran v. America Online, Inc.

1995

http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/4th/971523p.html

http://www.techlawjournal.com/courts/zeran/Default.htm
http://medialibel.org/cases-conflicts/internet/zeran.html

American Civil Liberties Union v Reno

1997

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-511.ZS.html

http://www.epic.org/cda

Ashcroft v. ACLU

2003

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-218.ZS.html

http://www.epic.org/free_speech/copa

Braintech v. Kostiuk

1999

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/ca/99/01/c99-0169.txt

http://www.delzottozorzi.com/internetlawreview3/jurisdictionissue.html

Maguire v SOCOG

1999

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/
disability_rights/decisions/comdec/1999/DD000150.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s57027.htm

Electronic Frontiers Australia v Australian Broadcasting Authority

2002

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/aat/2002/449.html

http://www.efa.org.au/FOI/oflc2002/

U.S. v. Thomas

1996

http://www.loundy.com/CASES/US_v_Thomas2.html

  

Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition

2002

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-795.ZS.html

http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/
document.asp?documentID=15252
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/case.aspx?id=808

RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc

1999

http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/
cases/180_F3d_1072.htm

http://www.harmone.com/get_music/mp3/legal_stories.html

A&M Records v. Napster

2001

http://archive.ca9.uscourts.gov/coa/newopinions.nsf/
F61C1B2A2DDACE1E88256E5A00707A56/$file/0016401.pdf?openelement (court)
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/~wseltzer/napster.html (Harvard copy)

http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/napster.htm
http://www.internetlibrary.com/cases/lib_case42.cfm

U.S. v. Jake Baker

1995

http://ic.net/~sberaha/baker.html

http://www.cyber-rights.org/documents/stalking_article.pdf

Sporty's Farm, L.L.C. v. Sportsman's Market

2000

http://www.tomwbell.com/NetLaw/Ch07/Sportys.html

http://www.internetlibrary.com/cases/lib_case115.cfm

Australian Drivers Rights Association v. Australian Dust Removalists Association

2002

http://www.auda.org.au/pdf/iama2351.pdf

http://iama.org.au/media/web/2006Q01.htm

Architects Australia v Witty Consultants & Witty [2002]QSC 139

2002

http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/qjudgment/QSC%202002/QSC02-139.pdf

http://www.claytonutz.com.au/downloads/SharpeHore.pdf

Marks & Spencer PLC v One in a Million

1997

http://www.nic.uk/disputes/caselaw/index/million/millionjudge/

http://www.ipit-update.com/passoff01.htm

Kremen v Cohen

2001

http://vlex.com/vid/18465885

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29152.html

Legal & General Group Plc v Image Plus

2002

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2002/d2002-1019.html

 

Panavision v Toeppen

1996

http://www.loundy.com/CASES/Panavision_v_Toeppen.html

http://www.wvu.edu/~law/wvjolt/Arch/Messen/Messen.htm

Stanley Works v Phil O'Neil

2000

http://www.arbitration-forum.com/domains/decisions/94233.htm

http://www.mactoolssuck.com/legal/

OAG Worldwide, Inc. v. Mark Nelson

2002

http://www.arbitration-forum.com/domains/decisions/105183.htm

 

Mission KwaSizabantu v. Benjamin Rost

2000

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-0279.html

 

Compagnie de Saint Gobain v Com-Union Corp

2000

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-0020.html

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC v natwestfraud.com and Umang Malhotra

2001

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-0212.html

http://www.galexia.com/public/research/articles/research_articles-art26.html

Kevin Spacey v John Zuccarini

2001

http://www.arbitration-forum.com/domains/decisions/96937.htm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23030.html

Michael Douglas v. Chris Vogal

2003

http://www.arb-forum.com/domains/decisions/132438.htm

http://www.demys.net/news/2003/01/17_md.htm [dead link]

Gaulme SA & Jean-Paul Gaultier SA v. Platinum One Inc

2001

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-1284.html

http://www.juriscom.net/pro/2/ndm20020408.pdf
(Article in French, needs to be translated, e.g see http://www.google.com.au/language_tools?hl=en)

The American National Red Cross v. Domains a.k.a Best Domains a.k.a John Barry

2003

http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/143684.htm

 

Julia Roberts v. Russell Boyd

2000

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-0210.html

http://docket.medill.northwestern.edu/archives/000109.php

Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. v. Denny Hammerton and The Jimi Hendrix Fan Club

2000

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-0364.html

http://lawspace.law.uct.ac.za:8080/dspace/bitstream/
2165/87/1/ScheersoiD+2002.pdf

Madonna Ciccone, p/k/a Madonna v. Dan Parisi and "Madonna.com"

2000

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-0847.html

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/4560.html

Bruce Springsteen v. Jeff Burgar and Bruce Springsteen Club

2001

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-1532.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16773.html

 

 

 

 

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