Copyright enews | Issue 5
Issue 5 | January 2013. View original format. Submissions Happy new year to our copyright subscribers! At final count, the ALRC received 283 public submissions in response to the Issues Paper (released 20 August 2012), and each is published on the ALRC website. We are very grateful to stakeholders for their generosity and time in responding to …
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Read moreCopyright enews | Issue 4
Issue 4 | 19 October 2012 View original format.Month in summaryThe ALRC Copyright team, while awaiting submissions in response to the Issues Paper released on 20 August, has been continuing with research into the areas identified. During that time, there have been some developments on the copyright scene with two reports about copyright and the Australian economy …
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Read moreCopyright enews | Issue 3 | Issues Paper released!
Issue 3 | 20 August 2012 View original format.Copyright and the Digital Economy – Issues Paper and call for subsWe are happy to announce today the release of the Issues Paper for this Inquiry, Copyright and the Digital Economy (IP 42).This Issues Paper is the first formal publication of the Inquiry, intended to help frame discussion and encourage public consultation …
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Read moreCopyright and the Digital Economy (IP 42)
This Issues Paper is the first formal publication of the Inquiry, intended to help frame discussion and encourage public consultation at an early stage. It provides background information about copyright in the digital environment, highlights the issues so far identified in preliminary research and consultations, and outlines the principles that will shape the ALRC’s proposals …
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Read moreTerms of Reference received for the ALRC Copyright Inquiry
The Attorney-General, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, has provided the Australian Law Reform Commission with final Terms of Reference for the Inquiry into Copyright and the Digital Economy. Professor Jill McKeough, Commissioner in charge of the ALRC’s Inquiry into Copyright Law, stated ‘The Terms of Reference ask us to look at both the commercial and …
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Read moreCopyright and the digital economy
The ALRC considered whether exceptions and statutory licences in the Copyright Act 1968 are adequate and appropriate in the digital environment and whether further exceptions should be recommended.
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Read moreCopyright Inquiry e-news | Draft Terms of Reference
Issue 1 | 30 March 2012 View original format A-G releases draft Terms of Reference for public comment The Attorney-General today released for public comment draft terms of reference (TOR) for the ALRC inquiry into the operation of copyright exceptions in the digital environment. From the Attorney-General’s media release: Attorney-General Nicola Roxon said the ALRC …
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Read moreProfessor Jill McKeough appointed as ALRC Commissioner for the Copyright Inquiry
The Attorney-General, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, has announced the appointment of Professor Jill McKeough as Commissioner in charge of the ALRC’s Inquiry into Copyright Law. Professor McKeough is currently Dean of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney and will take leave from this position to join the ALRC for the duration of this …
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Read moreGovernment response to the ALRC’s 2004 report – Genes and Ingenuity: Gene Patenting and Human Health
On 17 December 2002 the then Australian Government Attorney-General, the Hon Daryl Williams MP, asked the Australian Law Reform Commission to inquire into and report on the laws and practices governing intellectual property rights over genetic materials and related technologies, with a particular focus on human health issues. The Final Report, Genes and Ingenuity: Gene …
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Read moreSenate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Inquiry into Gene Patents
18 March 2009: ALRC submission to Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Inquiry into Gene Patents.The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) makes the following submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs inquiry into gene patents. In making this submission, the ALRC draws on its experience from its major inquiry into the intellectual property …
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