Productivity Commission

• Media Statement
• Copyright policy
• Modernisation
• Productivity Commission

Government moves to modernise copyright for all Australians

Australia’s educators, cultural institutions, disability organisations and tech sector welcome the Government’s commitment to modernisation of our copyright system and to ensuring fairer access to content for Australians.

• Blog Post
• ADA Copyright Forum 2017
• Fair use
• Productivity Commission

This year's Copyright Forum - focusing on all things fair

What is fair? That was the question that opened this year’s ADA Copyright Forum, setting the tone for a day of discussion of fairness, its practicalities and its opportunities at the National Library of Australia on 24 February.

• Blog Post
• Fair use
• Productivity Commission

47 Organisations Agree Fair Use is Critical for Australia

On Friday 47 organisations from across Australia sent a letter to the Minister for Communications and the Arts supporting the Productivity Commission's recommendation that Australia should adopt a flexible fair use exception. 

• Media Statement
• Copyright policy
• Productivity Commission

Productivity Commission recommends a fair copyright system for all Australians

The Productivity Commission's recommendations for a fairer copyright system for all Australians are welcomed by peak body the Australian Digital Alliance (ADA).

• Blog Post
• Productivity Commission

PC's final report pushed back to September - or February?

The Australian Productivity Commission (PC) updated its website last week to indicate that the reporting date for its Intellectual Property Framework Inquiry is now September. The announcement citing the recent election and caretaker period for the delay.

• Blog Post
• Productivity Commission

Productivity Commission Draft IP Report - the breakdown

• Media Statement
• Copyright policy
• Productivity Commission

Productivity Commission’s copyright recommendations welcomed by Australia’s schools, universities, libraries and technology companies

The Australian Digital Alliance (ADA) welcomes the sensible and much needed proposals for changes to Australia’s copyright law contained in the draft report of the Productivity Commission’s Intellectual Property Arrangement Inquiry, which was released today.