Options for reform: statutory licensing, fair use or specific exceptions
15.11 There are certain government uses of copyright material that should not be remunerable, because of their public interest nature, and because they largely concern material that is not commercially available. For example, governments and collecting societies agree that internal use of surveys for land title registration, copying and communicating material in response to freedom …
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Read moreAn Academic in the World of Law Reform—of Writing and ‘Jousting with Demons’
by Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, Australian Law Reform Commission*, 31 October 2012 at the Sydney Law School 2013 Postgraduate Conference—Stability and Transformation.AbstractThe process of research and writing, of the kind that all research students are engaged in, is akin to jousting with demons. There are other metaphors one might use—gazing at oceans, walking through mud. But they are about …
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Read moreRecent Developments in Law Reform: The Laws of Work
Public Sector In-House Counsel Conference, Canberra, July 2013, Amanda Alford, ALRC Legal Officer. Introduction I would like to acknowledge the Ngunnawal people who are the Traditional Custodians of this Land. I would also like to pay respect to their Elders both past and present and extend that respect to other Indigenous Australians present. It’s …
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Read moreALRC Review of equal recognition before the law and legal capacity for people with disability announced
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) today received Terms of Reference from the Federal Attorney-General, the Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP, for an Inquiry into Legal Barriers for People with Disabilities. ALRC President, Professor Rosalind Croucher will lead the Inquiry that will examine laws and legal frameworks within the Commonwealth jurisdiction that deny or diminish …
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Read moreUses required by freedom of information laws
14.29 Freedom of information (FOI) legislation is intended to promote democracy by contributing to increasing public participation in government processes, promoting better decision making, and increasing scrutiny, discussion, comment and review of the government’s activities.[36] The ‘second generation’ of FOI law treats government information as a national resource that has been invested in by the …
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Read moreALRC’s proposals for reform
4.92 The ALRC has considered the various arguments made for and against the enactment of a fair use exception in Australia and concludes that fair use: is suitable for the digital economy and will assist innovation; provides a flexible standard; is coherent and predictable; is suitable for the Australian environment; and is consistent with the …
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Read moreThe law reform process
Building an evidence base1.50 Law reform recommendations cannot be based upon assertion or assumption and need to be anchored in an appropriate evidence base. A major aspect of building the evidence base to support the formulation of ALRC recommendations for reform is community consultation, acknowledging that widespread community consultation is a hallmark of best practice …
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Read moreYour Country Needs You! The Value of Academic Research to Law Reform
Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, Australian Law Reform Commission, at Griffith University, Faculty of Law, Emerging Scholars Colloquium, 31 October 2012.IntroductionThank you very much for inviting me to speak today. Professor AJ Brown is very persuasive! But, as I am an academic through and through, it is always a pleasure to be back on campus, and in a law school, so I …
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Read moreSocial media and law reform
Presentation given by ALRC Communications Manager, Marie-Claire Muir, to the Federation of Law Reform Agencies of Canada (FOLRAC) in Alberta, via Skype on 2 October 2012.Social Media and Law Reform on Prezi[Using Prezi: To start the Prezi, click the play/triangle button, then continue to click through or use the autoplay option (under “More”). Alternatively, click …
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Read moreAn academic in law reform land—and how you, too, can play a part
Professor Rosalind Croucher, President, Australian Law Reform Commission*, Monash University, Faculty of Law Research Seminar Series, 4 October 2012.IntroductionThank you very much for inviting me to speak today. Professor Bryan Horrigan is very persuasive! But, as I am an academic through and through, it is always a pleasure to be back on campus, and in a law school, so …
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