Keeping Up with Copyright

AL©C Australian Libraries Copyright Committee

Australian Libraries Copyright CommitteeAustralian Digital Alliance

Margaret Allen Chair, Australian Libraries Copyright CommitteeDirector, Australian Digital Alliance

Ellen Broad Copyright adviser, Australian Libraries Copyright CommitteeExecutive Officer, Australian Digital Alliance

ebroad@nla.gov.au [@ellenbroad, @aus_digital]

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Who we are• Australian Libraries Copyright

Committee

• Australian Digital Alliance

Advocating for balanced, flexible copyright reform

What we do• Engage in domestic copyright policy reform:

submissions to government departments, appearances before Parliamentary committees, awareness raising with policy decision-makers

• Contribute to international copyright reform: through IFLA, WIPO discussions in Geneva, closed trade agreements like ACTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

• Free copyright training for members, and development of useful copyright resources

• Participate in legal cases concerning copyright issues

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What are our goals?• Implementing balanced and flexible copyright laws that provide

adequate protections for creators while ensuring access to information, education and culture in the public interest

• Achieving technology neutral, simple to understand legislative reform

• Amending copyright laws to prevent contracts and technological protection measures from overriding exceptions that enable libraries, educators and individuals to access and use content for non-infringing purposes

Law reform agenda at a glance• Australian Law Reform Commission Inquiry into

Copyright

• Attorney-General’s Department Review of Technological Protection Measures Exceptions

• Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations

• Legal Deposit consultations

• Library and Archive discussions in Geneva

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ALRC Copyright Inquiry• Issues Paper released 20 August -

http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/copyright-ip42 • 55 questions spanning range of copyright issues,

including:• Libraries and digitisation, section 200AB (Questions

19 – 22)• Functioning of statutory licences (Qs 28 – 31)• Orphan works, exception or licensing scheme (Qs 23

– 24)• Consideration of fair use (Qs 52 -53)• Contracting out of exceptions (Qs 54 – 55)

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Types of questions asked:• Is section 200AB working adequately for libraries? If

not, what are the problems with its current operation? (Question 19)

• Should the Act be amended to create a new exception or collective licensing scheme for use of orphan works? (Question 23)

• Should any uses of content covered by statutory licensing scheme be instead covered by a free use exception? (Question 30)

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Making a submission• Deadline Friday 16 November• Webform – do not need to

answer all 55 questions• ALRC interested in evidence,

statistics, scenarios

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