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Nicholas Gruen
February 13, 2009
I've just been to see the film, and I'm afraid I wasn't impressed.  It is of a piece with 'Doubt' which is very well acted...
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Copyright, exclusive ownership, Web 2.0 and fighting bushfires

Nicholas Gruen
February 13, 2009February 13, 2009
A column published today in the Age.  Its all shoulders to the wheel on the fires. Or is it? On the weekend, Google, the largest...
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Copyright and innovation: from the ‘give me a break department’

Nicholas Gruen
February 13, 2009
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="262" caption="Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos displays the Kindle 2 e-book reader at an event Monday."][/caption]"They don't have the right to read a...
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Tongs, tongs, tongs – out they go! (books actually)

Nicholas Gruen
February 13, 2009
Ned the Bear

Ned the Bear and the valentine

Wicking
February 13, 2009

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