Submissions 17 Feb 2020 Submission in response to WIPO Impact of Artificial Intelligence on IP Policy draft issues paper The potential for AI to contribute to and complicate copyright calls for careful consideration.
Submissions 26 Sep 2019 Submission in response to the Digital Platforms Inquiry final report Once again the Australian Digital Alliance (ADA) welcomes the opportunity to provide comment in relation to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Digital Platforms Inquiry; this time providing comments to the government in response to the final Inquiry report released by the ACCC on Friday 26 July 2019.
Submissions 03 Jul 2019 Supplementary submission to DFAT on the Australia–European Union Free Trade Agreement
Submissions 08 May 2019 Submission to the Review of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1994 The ADA strongly supports the New Zealand copyright review and its objectives, particularly its proposal to enshrine the right of access to works for the public benefit.
Submissions 06 Mar 2019 Submission in response to the Digital Platforms Inquiry preliminary report The ACCC's proposal for a mandatory takedown system for digital platforms should be accommodated by extending the existing safe harbour system rather than introducing a new, separate scheme.
Submissions 08 Feb 2019 Submission to ACCC regarding APRA application for authorisation (A1000433) The ADA supports collective licencing in Australia but we have concerns regarding the anti-competitive risks of such licences when not subject to appropriate regulation and oversight.
Submissions 01 Feb 2019 Joint submission to IP Australia’s Protection of Indigenous Knowledge in the Intellectual Property System consultation We support more effective recognition and protection of ICIP in Australia but we are concerned that current copyright and IP are not appropriate.
Submissions 21 Nov 2018 Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry on the Online Infringement Bill 2018 Website blocking is a drastic remedy and a blunt tool which has significant implications for free speech, innovation and the functioning of Australia’s internet.
Submissions 18 Nov 2018 Submission to DFAT on the Australia–European Union Free Trade Agreement In negotiating the AEUFTA Australia should the Australian government should avoid changing our law and locking us into prescriptive outcomes.
Submissions 05 Jul 2018 Submission to the Department of Communications and the Arts Copyright Modernisation Consultation The ADA welcomes the Government’s goal of modernising the Copyright Act to ensure it is effective, efficient and sufficiently adaptable to cope with changes in economic conditions, technology, markets and the costs of innovating.