(23 December 2016) Australia’s Department of Communication and the Arts has released for public comment proposed changes to Australia’s copyright laws designed to modernise and improve their workability. Public comment is invited. The draft amendments to the Copyright Act 1968 will reduce the regulatory burden on the disability sector, libraries, archives and educational and cultural…
(27 July 2015) The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (“TPPA”) negotiations are drawing to a close says The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) in a recent blog post. When the deal is signed off LIANZA anticipates that there will be significant changes proposed to New Zealand’s copyright law. Likely changes include the extension…
(27 May 2015) EIFL reports that as Myanmar emerges from five decades of economic and political isolation, the government is taking measures to open up the economy and to introduce legal and social reforms across a wide range of sectors. Trade-related legislation such as competition and consumer protection laws are being revised, and comprehensive new…
(1 April 2015, Bangkok) Thailand has toughened its copyright law to include, for the first time, responsibility of intermediaries, or internet service providers, for infringement of copyright work on the internet, and separately, to penalise people who record movies being shown in theatres without authorisation with a maximum imprisonment of four years. Intellectual Property Watch…
(11 August 2014) The Australian government is seeking to amend its copyright act to address online copyright infringement. To that purpose, a discussion paper has been issued for public input until 1 September. The Online Copyright Infringement Discussion Paper released in July, makes a number of proposals to amend the Australian Copyright Act of 1968.…
(5 June 2014) On the 1st June 2014, new amendments to the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 came into force. Hailed by the library community as a breakthrough in copyright law reform, the changes will enable UK librarians in the cultural heritage and educational sectors to provide reasonable access to important works from…
(25 April 2014) The Japan News is reporting that the Diet has enacted a bill to revise the copyright law to recognize publishing rights for electronic books. Reportedly, rights holders will be able to file suits to stop pirated digital books from being distributed on the Internet. The Japan News has the story.
(26 February 2014) The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) recently released a report proposing that a ‘fair use’ exception be introduced to Australian copyright law, moving from a closed list of exceptions to the open-ended fairness test which has characterized US copyright law since 1978. Simon Collinson ponders what the proposed introduction of fair use…
(24 April 2013, Washington, D.C.) Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) announced that the Judiciary Committee will conduct a comprehensive review of U.S. copyright law over the coming months. This announcement was made before the World Intellectual Property Day celebration at the Library of Congress. Read the announcement here: http://judiciary.house.gov/news/2013/04242013_2.html
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