Copyright Law
- Head Agreement between Screenrights and the Commonwealth - April 2007
- Copyright Reform and the Digital Agenda - July 1997 The Coalition Government is committed to reform of the Copyright Act 1968 to ensure that the effective protection of the rights of copyright owners in the new communications environment is balanced against the needs of users to have reasonable access to copyright materials.
- Discussion paper - A whole of government approach to IP management - September 2005 The Attorney-General’s Department, IP Australia, the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts and the Department of Finance and Administration are working together to develop a whole of government approach to the management of intellectual property (IP) by government agencies.
- Copyright - Review of Fair Use Exeption - May 2005 An examination of fair use, fair dealing and other exceptions in the Digital Age
- Copyright issues for marriage celebrants - information sheet - September 2002 Marriage celebrants are often asked by couples to play specific pieces of music, recite poetry or to read from various literary pieces as part of a wedding or civil ceremony.
- Agreement between Copyright Agency Limited and the Commonwealth for copying of literary works by the Commonwealth - June 2003 This is the final of the Agreement as signed by the Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department on 30 May 2003. The Agreement was signed by CAL on 10 June 2003.
- Agreement entered into by the Attorney-General's Department (AGD) and the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) - August 2003 This is the model of the agreement which was entered into by the Attorney-General's Department (AGD) and the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) on 11 August 2003.
- Amendment to criminal law provisions - Fact sheet - March 2005 US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004
- Amendment to encoded broadcast provisions - Fact sheet - April 2005 US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004
- Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement - changes to Australian copyright law - March 2005 The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) came into force on 1 January 2005.
- Copyright Amendment (Film Directors Rights) Act 2005 - Fact sheet - December 2005 The Copyright Amendment (Film Directors’ Rights) Act 2005 amends the Copyright Act 1968 to give, for the first time, film directors a share of the copyright in the films that they direct.
- Copyright issues for marriage celebrants - summary information sheet - September 2002 In Australia, original musical, artistic, literary and dramatic works are protected by the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act), which also protects sound recordings, films, broadcasts and published editions.
- Electronic rights management - Fact sheet - March 2005 US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004
- Extension of copyright term from 1 January 2005 - Fact sheet - March 2005 US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004
- Fact sheet - New performers rights in sound recordings from 1 January 2005 - March 2005 US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004
- Government's response to the Ergas report - August 2001 The intellectual property system in Australia will be improved to make it more responsive to users' the needs of rightsholders and users in the private and public sector and provide a better balance with competition policy.
- Limitations on remedies for copyright infringement against carriage service providers - Fact sheet - March 2005 US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004
- Right to reproduce or copy - Exception for the normal use of copyright material - Fact sheet - March 2005 US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004
- Ergas Committee report - September 2000 Review of intellectual property legislation under the Competition Principles Agreement
- Government response to Cracking Down on Copycats - enforcement of copyright in Australia - June 2003 The report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, ‘Cracking Down on Copycats: the enforcement of copyright in Australia ’, was released on 4 December 2000.
- Government response to Digital Agenda review - May 2006 Government responses to Phillips Fox recommendations and related matters
- Guidelines for declaring collecting societies - June 1990 revised April 2001 This document deals with requirements for declaration of collecting societies.
- Phillips Fox report Digital Agenda review - January 2004 This report has been prepared by Phillips Fox as part of independent research and analysis of the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 and related matters.
- Report of the inquiry into copyright, music and small business - November 2000 The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs tabled its report Don’t Stop the Music! on 1 June 1998. The report arose out of a reference from the Attorney-General, the Hon Daryl Williams AM QC MP, to the Committee on 30 July 1997.
- Review of Digital Agenda Act reforms - April 2003 A review of the amendments to the Copyright Act 1968 contained in the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 (Digital Agenda Act) and related matters commenced on 1 April 2003.
- Stopping the rip-offs - October 1994 Intellectual property protection for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Protecting subscription broadcasts - May 2005 Policy review concerning unauthorised access to and use of subscription broadcasts.
- Review of one per cent cap on licence fees - February 2005 The purpose of this paper is to seek your views on whether the one per cent cap on copyright licence fees paid by radio broadcasters for playing sound recordings on the radio should be retained.
- Draft letter to apply for a declaration by the Attorney-General as an institution assisting persons with a disability - October 2003 This draft letter can be used to assist those institutions seeking to apply to the Attorney-General to be declared, for the purposes of s. 10A(1) of Copyright Act, as an institution assisting persons with a print or intellectual disability.
- Proposal for a directors copyright in films - 2000 Checklist of possible issues relating to the proposal for directors' copyright
- Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 - 2000 Overview of the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 - aims, objectives, exceptions, limitations to liability etc.
- Copyright reform - Parallel importation of books and other published works - June 2000 On 27 June 2000 the Government announced that it will seek to amend the Copyright Act to allow legitimate software products, books, printed music and periodical publications to be parallel imported.
- Parallel importation of software products - June 2000 On 27 June 2000 the Government announced that it will amend the Copyright Act to allow legitimate software (including computer-based games), books, printed music and periodical publications to be parallel imported.
- Copyright: New law protecting authors' moral rights - 2001 The Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000, which amends the Copyright Act 1968, came into force on 21 December 2000.
- Copyright reform - January 2000 Changes to copyright rights in packaging and labelling under Schedule 22 of the Copyright Amendment Act (No.1) 1998