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• Trans Pacific Partnership

So what does the TPP actually say?

By now it's been tweeted far and wide - the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is finally public.

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• ADA Copyright Forum 2016

First Keynotes for the ADA Copyright Forum 2016 - Save the Date!

The ADA is very excited to announce not one but two international keynotes for its Copyright Forum 2016 - Professor Ian Hargreaves, Professor of Digital Economy at Cardiff University, and Professor Kenneth Crews of Columbia Law School and the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center. 

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• Trans Pacific Partnership

The TPP - now what?

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is done. 

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• Trans Pacific Partnership

Will TPP set a Copyright Trap?

As Ministers gather to nut out the last details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) concerned creators are waiting to see what impact the decision has on their ability to use, reuse and create.

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• Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Act 2017
• Marrakesh Treaty

Ending the Book Famine: Government moves to ratify Marrakesh Treaty

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• Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2015
• Website blocking

Site blocking bill goes into force in Australia

With the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2015 receiving royal assent, Australia joins a number of nations with a process for rights holders to block sites the infringe (or facilitate the infringement of) copyright . 

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• Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2015
• Website blocking

Controversial Site Blocking Legislation set to pass Parliament

Controversial legislation that could see websites that ‘facilitate’ copyright infringement blocked looks likely to pass the Australian Parliament in the next fortnight after the LNP and ALP agreed to minor amendments.

• Blog Post

Job opportunity: Executive Officer and Policy Adviser

The Australian Digital Alliance (ADA) is seeking an Executive Officer to manage its affairs and contribute to copyright policy development and advocacy in Australia and overseas. The position will also fill the role of Copyright and Policy Adviser to the Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (ALCC).

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• Trans Pacific Partnership

Is it game over for the TPP?

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• Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2015

Redrafting of website blocking bill needed: current draft could catch legal sites

All eyes are on the federal government this week as we await a signal about the likely fate of controversial website-blocking legislation.  

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• Copyright policy
• Site blocking

Overseas sites to be blocked while legal protections for local sites languish

Copyright advocacy group the Australian Digital Alliance is urging the government to move swiftly on reforms that would allow online platforms, especially those that host third party content, to operate safely in Australia.

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• Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2015
• Website blocking

Government Introduces Website Blocking Bill