Past reviews and reports

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:

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:

OTHER REPORTS COVERING COPYRIGHT

There are links to the following reports from the archived Copyright Law Review Committee webpages here:

Also:

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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