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For those of us rounding up our 25,000 closest friends for a ‘We The People’ petition in the USA, we have some bad news. Only a few days after we posted about the now infamous ‘Death Star’ petition, the White House blogged that due to the popularity of the site, the numbers needed to obtain read more...
The Australian sports scientist Stephen Dank has been at the centre of recent media reports concerning his oversight of a supplements program to players at Essendon Football Club (a Melbourne AFL team). Last Sunday 10 February, his solicitors announced his plans to sue for defamation. The lawyers’ media release, reportedly entitled: “Defamation Claims for Ten read more...The Social Network seems so 2010. Then, we all wanted to become accidental billionaires whilst making the world friends with each other for nothing. Now, a seismic shift is occurring. The Facebook generation is finally asking: ‘Is it really possible to get anything for free’? read more...
Later this year, Australians will go to the polls after being almost buried under an avalanche of policy commitments from both sides. As we speak, politicians are no doubt dusting off their Twitter accounts and Facebook pages, ready to speak on-message to constituents about ‘the things that matter’. Recognising that engagement by social media must, read more...
Now that you’ve considered how and whether you can protect quotes via copyright (thanks to our previous post here), it’s time to take your skills to the next level. We couldn’t resist letting you know that the Yale Law School has just released its annual list of the most notable quotations of the year. It read more...It was the sort of article a fortnight ago which caused a chuckle and then disappeared from view. Donna Hay, furious that her Martha-Stewart-style, beautifully presented cover display of biscuits in a box had been apparently replicated on the cover of the Women’s Weekly Christmas Baking edition months later, let fly with a few choice read more...
Thanks to an "overwhelming response" from our IP Whiteboard editorial committee (and we're serious, almost everyone responded) we can reveal a true diversity of personal slogan highlights. Before discussing themes arising from these, consider the work needed to create a great slogan.
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