CHRISTIAN AHLERT is a researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, UK.
MÓNICA ARIÑO is a PhD candidate at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, and the Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford UK.
DAVID AYLWARD is Faculty Research Manager, Faculty of Commerce, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
GERARD GOGGIN is an ARC Australian Research Fellow at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland, Australia.
GRANT HARMAN is Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Higher Education Research and Policy, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.
CHARLES LAWSON is a Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture, School of Law, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
C. W. MAUGHAN (1940–2001) was Reader in Law and Economics, and a founder member of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (www.cippm.org.uk), Bournemouth University, UK. Correspondence relating to this paper may be addressed to Maggie Stratton‐Maughan (billmag@onetel.com), or Martin Kretschmer (mkretsch@bournemouth.ac.uk).
CHRISTOPHER NEWELL is Associate Professor in the School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Australia. He is Chair of the Australian Communications Forum Disability Advisory Body and a member of the council of the Australian Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman.
CATHRYN OLLIF is a former Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.
CATHERINE PICKERING is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Environmental and Applied Sciences, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.