Copyright has been the subject of review, from many quarters, since the 1950s. Here are some of the main reviews and reports.
For current and recent reviews click here.
| What | Who | Timing |
| Intellectual Property Arrangements | Productivity Commission | Final report: August 2016 |
| Cost benefit analysis of copyright exceptions | Attorney-General’s Department | |
| Inquiry into Australia’s Innovation System | Senate Economics References Committee | Report: October 2015 |
| Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for People who are Blind, Visually Impaired or otherwise Print Disabled | Joint Standing Committee on Treaties |
| Competition Policy Review | Competition Review Panel | Final report: 2014 |
| Copyright and the Digital Economy | Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) | Final report released February 2014 |
| Online copyright infringement | Attorney-General’s Department | |
| Revising the scope of the copyright safe harbour scheme | Attorney-General’s Department | Submissions closed November 2011 |
| Legal Deposit Scheme | Attorney-General’s Department | Amendments to come into effect in February 2016 |
| Review of Technological Protection Measure Exceptions Made Under the Copyright Act 1968 | Attorney-General’s Department | Submissions closed October 2013 |
| Report on Cloud Computing | 2014 | |
| Korea–Australia Free Trade Agreement | Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee | 2014 |
| Book Industry Collaborative Council | 2013 | |
| Inquiry into IT Pricing | House Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications | Final report: July 2013 |
| Convergence Review | 2012 | |
| Book Industry Strategy Group | 2011 | |
| Government 2.0 Taskforce | 2010 |
PAST REVIEWS BY ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT
There is a list of reviews involving the Attorney-General’s Department on the Department’s website here. They include:
- Review of Australian Contract Law (2012)
- Copyright Safe Harbour Scheme (2012)
- Compulsory Deposit of Materials with National Library (2012)
- Contract Law (2012)
- Orphan works (2012)
- Fair use (2005)
COPYRIGHT LAW REVIEW COMMITTEE REPORTS
The Copyright Law Review Committee was a specialist standing committee that delivered reports on copyright reform from 1984 to 2005. The following reports are available here:
- Crown Copyright (2005)
- Copyright and Contract (2002)
- Jurisdiction and Procedures of the Copyright Tribunal (2002)
- Simplification of the Copyright Act:Part 2 (1999)
- Simplification of the Copyright Act:Part 1 (1998)
- Computer Software Protection (1994)
- Report on Journalists’ Copyright (1994)
- Conversion Damages (1990)
- Importation Provisions (1988)
- Moral Rights (1988)
- Performers’ Protection (1987)
- Use of Copyright Material by Churches (1985)
- Report on Reference Concerning the Meaning of ‘Publication’ in the Copyright Act (1984)
OTHER REPORTS COVERING COPYRIGHT
There are links to the following reports from the archived Copyright Law Review Committee webpages here:
- Review of Australian Copyright Collecting Societies (1995)
- Highways to Change: Copyright in the New Communications Environment (1994)
- Copyright Law Committee on Reprographic Reproduction (the Franki Report) (1976)
- Report to Consider what Alterations are Desirable in the Copyright Law of the Commonwealth (the Spicer Report) (1959)
Also:
- Intellectual Property and Competition Review Committee Report (Ergas Report) (2000)
- Review of Digital Agenda Act by Phillips Fox (2004)
- Report of the Contemporary Visual Arts and Crafts Inquiry
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE REPORTS
Parliamentary Committee reports are available from the Australian Parliament website. They include:
- Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
- Artists’ resale royalty scheme
- 2006 Amendment Bill
- Technological Protection Measures
- Australia-US Free Trade Agreement
- Digital Agenda Bill
PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION
Productivity Commission reports are available from the Commission’s website. Reports include:
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30 August 2016
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