Bolden Lawyers

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Bolden Lawyers have a wealth of active experience and involvement in the area of information technology (“IT”). We have been closely involved with the website development and internet consultancy industry, and we have assisted many clients wtih legal advice, contract negotiation and drafting in these areas. We can help you to resolve the full range of problems and opportunities that can arise in this complex area, including website development, software development, website terms and conditions and licensing.

The ongoing pace of technological change means that the law in this area is changing rapidly in an effort to keep up with new developments in technology. Bolden Lawyers are uniquely placed to advise and assist you in the area of IT law.

Developments in this area include:

1. The Electronic Transactions (Commonwealth) Act 1999 and similar state legislation, designed to facilitate e-commerce by enabling use of digital signatures and electronic communication for online transactions.
2. The Privacy Act 2000 dramatically affects the way businesses with a turnover of $3 million or more store, manage and use personal information relating to staff suppliers clients and contacts.
3. The Cybercrime Act 2001 (Cth) created a whole range of new computer offences and electronic communication offences (including hacking, denial of service attacks and virus propagation).
4. Amendments to the Copyright Act 1968:
   1. Allow consumers to "format shift" and "time shift" television programs and music files without infringing copyright
   2. Introduced a technology-neutral right of “communication to the public”
   3. Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”) are able to make temporary reproductions in the course of their business without infringing copyright
   4. Criminal sanctions introduced for altering management rights information or dealing in copyright circumvention devices
   5. Definition of “computer programs” modified.

Whether you are doing transactions online, creating software or a website, are active in telecommunications, or are developing new technologies, Bolden Lawyers can help you with advice, negotiation or drafting agreements and website terms and conditions.

Bolden Lawyers can help you to maximise the benefit you can get from information technology. Our aim is to help you to take advantage of opportunities in a manner that is commercially effective that you might not otherwise have been able to, and by doing that, add value to your business.

Bolden Lawyers IT brochure.pdf

If you need assistance or advice on any of these matters, please do not hesitate to contact our office.