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Copyright
Guides and Information - Australia
- The Australian Copyright Council is
an independent organisation which provides information
on copyright issues to public. The Council publishes a range
of free and for-sale information, and provides a telephone advisory
service.
- The Arts Law Centre
of Australia provides assistance with copyright,
contracts and other issues to workers in the arts and cultural
industries.
- Arts Law Centre of Queensland provides similar
services in Queensland.
No Web site as yet. Phone and Fax: 07 3211 3628.
- Copyright in Australia: A Short Guide
- Commonwealth Attorney General's Department. This department
is responsible for the Copyright Act and provides general copyright
information, but not specific legal advice, to the general public.
- Copyright Fact Sheets -
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts. This department is jointly responsible, with Attorney
General's, for a range of copyright issues.
- IP
Australia
(formerly Australian Industrial Property Organisation). The
independent government agency which grants patents, designs
and trademarks in Australia.
- Australian
Digital Alliance.
The ADA is a non-profit coalition of public and private sector
interests formed to promote balanced copyright law and provide
an effective voice for a public interest perspective in the
copyright debate.
- Copyright
Law Review Committee.
The government committee currently reviewing the Copyright Act.
Copyright
Guides and Information - International
Getting
copyright permissions
If you want to reproduce or use some copyright
material, then you need to get permission from the copyright owner.
For more information see Digital Copyright FAQ and Towards speedier rights clearances, both on
this site.
Commercial
law firms - Australia
A number of Australian commercial law firms
specialise in intellectual property. Some have web sites with
useful articles on copyright topics. See for example, the sites
of:
Other
Australian sites
Digital
copyright and IP issues
These links are to selected sites, reports and
papers on some of the wide range of issues. They are not ordered
by topic as yet.
- Charging
mechanisms for digitised texts, by Mark
Bide, Charles Oppenheim and Anne Ramsden. A report prepared
for the UK Joint Information Systems Committee and the Publishers
Association, October 1997.
- The
Link Controversy Page What are the legal
implications of linking between Web sites? This page contains
more links about links than you could point a mouse at. Maintained
by Stefan Bechtold in Germany.
