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  Vanessa Dean

Re: ARLC Review of copyright
To whom it may concern,
It is with great concern that I express my feelings about the ARLC review of copyright and the possible changes to the “statutory licences”.  I am an author of primary school educational texts with over 60 titles available for sale. I believe I have an enhanced perspective of this issue as I also publish my own works. Any changes to the statutory licences will have a negative impact on my business and income. 
Schools often don’t purchase new titles each year for student use; instead they copy enormous amounts of the work I created. This means I do not receive a royalty for what would have been a sale of a book. I am very fortunate that there is Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) who ensures I receive some remuneration for schools using my work without my permission.  The benefits of the education statutory licence for both the education sector and creators/publishers are such that it removes the administrative burden of individual permission requests. 
I strongly believe the statutory licence scheme concerning the reproduction and communication of works by educational institutions is appropriate and adequate.
The copyright material now covered by the statutory licencing should remain under the licence. If the material is instead covered by free exceptions it would be both unfair to copyright owners and possibly more restrictive to users. 
The uses covered by the “small portions” exceptions should also be covered by the statutory licence; as this provision is out of date, unfair and easily administered by CAL. I believe the statutory licence should be extended to cover interactive digital material that accompanies any text.
It is because of the education statutory licence and the work of the Copyright Agency that I receive payments for people copying work I have created. The CAL payments provide me with a significant portion of my income. The payments are also used to pay for updates and creation of new works. Without the Copyright Agency payments my business would not expand and I would be in no position to continue to create educational texts and activities. I believe it is unfair if people use my work without payment and strongly disagree with new exceptions or extended exceptions be put in place to allow people to use content without permission or payment.

Regards,
Vanessa Dean