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
[email protected] [@ellenbroad, @aus_digital]
AL©C Australian Libraries Copyright Committee
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
AL©C Australian Libraries Copyright Committee
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
AL©C Australian Libraries Copyright Committee
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)
AL©C Australian Libraries Copyright Committee
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)
AL©C Australian Libraries Copyright Committee
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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