Hi Jim,
According the new CEO of the Australian Copyright Agency:
Dear members,
I’m writing to let you know that the Productivity Commission overnight released
its report into Australia’s Intellectual Property arrangements. This is an
interim report – with feedback being accepted until Friday 3 June and the final
report due in August.
It has recommended the introduction of a Fair Use exception, which would be
culturally and economically damaging for Australia. According to a PwC report,
this sort of approach will dramatically curb domestic production of creative
products potentially costing Australia over $1b in GDP. The Productivity
Commission has also recommended the repeal of the Parallel Importation
Restrictions for Books.
The Copyright Agency | Viscopy has issued the following Media Release in
response to the report and will keep you in touch regarding next steps.
MEDIA RELEASE
Productivity Commission proposals would stifle Australian content
Proposals to impose a US-style intellectual property arrangement in Australia
made by the Productivity Commission today would pose one of the greatest
dangers to Australian-made content in a generation.
“A US-style ‘fair use’ exception to copyright is out of context in the
Australian system and would be a wrecking ball to Australian writers, creators,
publishers and the local creative industries,” said Adam Suckling, CEO of
Copyright Agency.
“Australian consumers, educators and students should be rightly concerned that
home-grown stories, local content and Australian educational works would be
seriously curtailed by such an irresponsible policy.”
http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8c40de4c9e25d66af07159224&id=31d7db66c4&e=98d0596d4a
Marghanita
Proposals to impose a US-style intellectual property arrangement in
Australia made by the Productivity Commission today would pose one of
the greatest dangers to Australian-made content in a generation.
On 02/05/16 12:26, Jim Birch wrote:
Economists have recognised for a long time that copyright and patents go
well past what is economically justified by productivity and investment
considerations and a long way into into the world of rent seeking.
I'm interested to know how these recommendation fit various international
agreements. The US/AU bilateral agreement requires that our copyright and
intellectual property systems are harmonised. Does that mean the US have
to follow us if we change? :)
Jim
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