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Version of 24 December 2010
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Changes to Terms may apply to all content, including content submitted under earlier Terms; and hence the assurances that exist can be withdrawn with 30 days' notice.
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Terms of 9 December 2010, mirror downloaded 14 January 2011
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Roger Clarke is Principal of Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd, Canberra. He is also a Visiting Professor in the Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre at the University of N.S.W., and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Australian National University.
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