Consumer Comission News Today

The results are in for Australia's request for comments on reforming copyright policy -- and the submissions are, unfortunately, unsurprising. (The entire "Copyright and The Digital Economy" questionnaire is embedded below.) The legacy industries like things the way they are, (except for file sharing) and are only requesting changes that would lead to more licensing…

13 Jan 2021 Qantas has issued a warning to its customers about scam phone calls and websites claiming to be the airline’s refund team. According to the national carrier’s scam assistance page, and a tweet from the airline on 5 January, some customers are receiving phone calls claiming to be from the Qantas refund team asking customers to provide their credit card details so their refund can be processed. Those who thought these phone call...