We have 3 articles in this issue.

Our first article addresses the operational separation of Telecom. Sara Jones and Matt Fogarty summarise Telecom's response and the process for the settlement of a Separation Plan for Telecom pursuant to the Telecommunications Amendment Act (No. 2) 2006.

In our February 2007 x-tech ezine we commented on the proposed changes to copyright law to update it for the digital age. The deadline for the public to file submissions on the proposed changes has now passed, with some interesting results. The number of submissions filed and the varied nature of the comments means that serious consideration will need to be given to resolving the often irreconcilable views. In our second article Earl Gray and Sarah Chapman review and comment on some of the proposals.

In Copying Directories - Are your Fingers Walking you into the Courtroom?, Richard Watts and Daniel Park examine how copyright may be infringed in copying an online directory and how a user may breach the terms and conditions of use of an online directory, or in fact any website. Are you at risk?