Last Updated: 3 March 2008

Dale Clapperton is a 4th year law student at Queensland University of Technology, and has a particular interest in intellectual property, trade practices, and telecommunications law.

He is also employed full-time by the QUT School of Law as a Research Associate. He recently completed a two year project studying the use of technology and cryptography (such as Digital Rights Management) to restrict competition in high-tech markets.

His publications include:

• Dale Clapperton, ‘Spyware, Consent and the Privacy Act’ (2005) 2 Privacy Law Bulletin 84.
• Dale Clapperton and Stephen Corones, ‘Locking In Customers, Locking Out Competitors: Anti-Circumvention Laws in Australia, and Their Potential Effect on Competition in High Technology Markets‘ (2006) 30 Melbourne University Law Review 657.
• Dale Clapperton, ‘The Elusive “Link” to Infringement in the Copyright Amendment Bill 2006: Now You See It, Now You Don’t‘ (2007) 19 Australian Intellectual Property Law Bulletin 141.
• Dale Clapperton and Stephen Corones, ‘Unfair Terms in “Clickwrap” and Other Electronic Contracts‘ (2007) 35 Australian Business Law Review 152.
• Dale Clapperton and Stephen Corones, ‘Technological Tying of the Apple iPhone: Unlawful in Australia?‘ (2007) 7 Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal 351.

His background is in the IT industry, having worked from 1995-2005 in a variety of technical and management roles.

He has been a member of the EFA board since 1999, and his activities with EFA have included campaigning against the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act 1999, speaking at several conferences and events, including the Internet Society of New Zealand Internet Industry Forum (2001) and the Southern Cross University Cyberlaw Summer School (2004), and giving testimony before many parliamentary enquiries.

Dale was appointed Chair of EFA in December 2006. He held the position of Treasurer from June 2000 to December 2004 and was Vice-Chair from December 2005 to December 2006.