A number of important events occurred in copyright law in Australia in 2005. New copyright legislation introduced as a result of the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement was accompanied by a number of significant copyright decisions, notably the Kazaa peer-to-peer litigation, Sony v Stevens, the Panel case, and Universal Music v Cooper. As well as providing important guidance on the scope of recent legislative changes, particularly in relation to digital copyright, these decisions also offered insights into judicial attitudes to copyright in Australia. Meanwhile the Federal Government announced two major reviews into aspects of copyright law: an inquiry into the future of copyright exceptions and a review of the new anti-circumvention laws. 2005 also marked the 30th Anniversary of the landmark decision of University of New South Wales v Moorhouse, which played a key role in shaping many features of the copyright landscape today.

Speakers at this conference will address these and other related issues. The conference will provide up-to-date information and analysis from a range of academic, judicial, government, industry, and professional perspectives. This conference will be of interest to copyright owners and consumers, academics, practitioners, librarians and policy-makers.

Program

Speakers and Topics

Professor Pam Samuelson, Professor of Law and Information Management, Chancellor's Professor and Director, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, University of California, Berkeley
Copyright and Consumer Protection

Chris Creswell, Copyright Law Consultant, Copyright Law Branch, Attorney-General's Department
The Copyright Act: "Looking Forward, Looking Back" (apologies to Slim Dusty)

Helen Daniels, Assistant Secretary, Copyright Law Branch, Attorney-General's Department
An Overview of the Government's Copyright Reform Agenda

Richard Mallett, Director Mechanical Licensing, Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)
Digital Distribution Channels - Threat or Opportunity?

John Nicholas, SC, Nigel Bowen Chambers, Sydney
Title to be advised

Dr Matthew Rimmer, Associate Director and Senior Lecturer in Law, Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (ACIPA), The Australian National University
Google: Search or Destroy

John Tuck, Head of British Collections, British Library
Copyright Issues in a National Legal Deposit Library Context

Kim Weatherall, Associate Director (Law), Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA) and Lecturer, Law School, The University of Melbourne
Drafting the Oz-DMCA: The New Anti-Circumvention Law in Australia

Conference Venue

Offices of Minter Ellison Lawyers Level 22, Waterfront Place 1 Eagle Street Brisbane

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Conference Dinner

Conference Enquiries

Karen Moorehead
Phone: 07 3735 4144
Email: k.moorehead@griffith.edu.au