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Griggs, Lynden; Clark, Gene --- "Editorial" [1993] JlLawInfoSci 14; (1993) 4(2) Journal of Law, Information and Science 199

EDITORIAL

Recently the Copyright Law Review Committee released its Draft Report on Computer Software Protection and it is therefore appropriate that the focus of this issue be copyright. Anne Fitzgerald’s article provides an overview of this report as well as considering the report of the Prices Surveillance Authority and the Autodesk decisions of the High Court. This issue of computer copyright is explored further by Andrew Christie, John Houghton, Daniel Hunter, Ann Monotti and ??? Lindsay. Christie and Houghton argue that the CLRC report has failed to address what aspect of a computer program is deserving of protection whereas Hunter focuses on non-literal copyright and reverse engineering. Monotti and Lindsay examine the protection of databases. John Swinson also considers the recent United States developments in intellectual property including copyright protection of software and the abstraction-filtration-comparison test.

Also in this edition of the journal Neil Jensen provides a timely report on International Funds Transfer legislation while Dayal and Moles continue the debate on artificial intelligence and legal decision support systems. Tiscornia also analyses the use of a computer model for legal reasoning. It should be noted that at the Istituto per la Documentazione Giuridica in Florence Italy, Daniela Tiscornia is researching the application of artificial intelligence to practical legal situations. The researchers at the institute would welcome any information concerning existing systems and they can be contacted on e-mail: DANIELA@IDG.FI.CNR.IT.

This issue continues with Plibersek providing an analysis of the use of computer systems to manage complex trials while Clarke argues that regulators need to be involved with the data surveillance technique known as profiling. We also have a number of book reviews of recent publications.

We would also like to welcome a new member to our editorial board. Roger Clarke is presently the Reader in Information Systems at the Australian National University and has had 17 years in the information technology industry. His experience, knowledge and expertise will be invaluable. A thank you must also go out to Daniel Hunter for his assistance in putting this issue together. Without his help it would not have been possible.

Finally generous thanks must go to Brooke Davis for her assistance, support and limitless patience in putting the journal together.


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