The following are published articles written by Australian Copyright Council staff lawyers. They are grouped by year, starting with the most recent.

You may also be interested in our research projects, and in articles from the Arts Law Centre of Australia

2008

• Book Review for Copyright Reporter: Cultural Products and the World Trade Organization
• Book Review for Copyright Reporter: Intellectual Property Law and Innovation
• Book Review for Copyright Reporter: The True History of Copyright – The Australian Experience 1905–2005
• Book Review for Copyright Reporter: TV Futures – Digital Television Policy in Australia

2007

• Some current copyright issues
• The 2006 Copyright Amendments: all under control?
• Article for Synergy: The Copyright Amendment Act 2006
• Article for APRAP: Copyright Amendment Act 2006
• Guide to copyright issues for music for Music Council
• Article for InCite: What qualifies as a signature?
• Book review for Copyright Reporter: “New Directions In Copyright Law, Volume 4” edited by Fiona Macmillan
• Book review for Copyright Reporter: “New Directions In Copyright Law, Volume 3” edited by Fiona Macmillan
  

2006

• Copyright Update for Media Law Conference
  
• Major Copyright Reforms and Software IPR Protection in Australia
  
• An introduction to copyright law in Australia
• Creative Commons: Just say “CC”?
  
• Some thoughts on orphan works
• Book review: "Intellectual Property Rights and the EC Competition Rules" by Valentine Korah
• Book review: “Resource Book on TRIPS and Development”, edited by Fiona Macmillan
• Book review: “Digital Copyright Law and Practice” by Simon Stokes
  
• Some comments on Creative Commons licences
• Creative Commons licences for visual artists: a good idea?

2005

• Google Library: Why all the Fuss?
• Copyright issues for museums and galleries
• Print disability and copyright
• Book review: “On the Origin of the Right to Copy” by Roman Deazley
• Book review: “Indigenous Heritage and Intellectual Property” by Silke von Lewinski
• Book review: “Copyright Law in the Digital Society” by Tanya Aplin
• Book review: “New Frontiers of Intellectual Property Law: IP and Cultural Heritage, Geographical Indications, Enforcement and Overprotection”, edited by Christoper Heath and Aselm Kamperman Sanders

2004

• Article for National Association for the Visual Arts: Resale right for artists
• Article for Australian Law Librarian: 'Copyright and contract issues for law libraries'
• Book review for Copyright Reporter: 'Choice of Law in Copryight and Related Rights' by Mireille van Eechoud
• Book review for Copyright Reporter: 'Retransmission and US Compliance with TRIPS' by David Brennan
• Article for Screenrights: Indigenous Communal Moral Rights

2003

• Article for Copyright World: Article for Copyright World: Copyright Issues for the Proposed Australia/US Free trade Agreement
• Article for Australian Intellectual Property Law Bulletin: Indigenous Communal Moral Rights
• Article for Copyright World: Restrictions lifted on parallel importation of software; enforcement provisions strengthened
• Article for Copyright World: Call for law reform for Indigenous artists
• Article for Copyright World: New proposal for private copying and 'blank tape' royalties
• Article for Copyright World: Changes to designs/copyright overlap

2002

• Article for Off the air: Using Music in Films
• Article for Copyright World: The impact of photocopying and collecting society distributions on the Australian publishing industry
• Article for Copyright World: Recommendations on copyright and contract
• Article for Copyright World: Anti-circumvention case
• Article for Copyright World: Report of the Contemporary Visual Arts and Craft Inquiry
• Article for Copyright World: Appeal decision in broadcast copyright case
• Article for Copyright World: Appeal court upholds protection for telephone directories
• Article for Copyright World: Collecting societies' voluntary code of conduct; Joint government and industry initiative to tackle IP crime
• Book review for Copyright Reporter: "Art & Copyright" by Simon Stokes
• Article for Copyright World: VISCOPY reaches agreement with auction houses: parallel importation
• Article for Copyright Reporter "When is an exception not an exception?"
• Article for Copyright World: Copyright Tribunal sets rate for copying by schools
• Article for Copyright World: "No support for DVD price discrimination; Record companies misused market power trying to prevent parallel imports; When will an owner of copyright not be an owner?"

2001

• Remuneration for Private Copying in Australia: A Discussion Paper
• Report for Visual Arts Industry Guidelines Research Project: Copyright and Moral Rights
• Recommendations to Visual Arts Industry Guidelines Research Project: Copyright and Moral Rights
• Article for Copyright Reporter: Current & Emerging Issues for the Visual Arts
• Article for Copyright World: Re-elected government's election commitments
• Government's election policies on copyright
• Article for Copyright World: Anti-circumvention case; Collecting Societies Code of Practice; Retransmission licence
• Article for Copyright World: Government response to IPCRC recommendations; legislative developments concerning parallel importation
• Article for Copyright World: Visual Arts Industry Guidelines Research Project
• Article for Copyright World: Broadcast copyright not infringed; New moral rights law tested; Inquiry into relationship between copyright and contract law
• Article for Copyright World: Telstra directories case; CLRC review; Senate committee report on parallel imports bill
• Article for the Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter: A Comparative Study of Library Provisions
• Article for Copyright World: Report on the Jurisdiction and Procedures of the Copyright Tribunal Released; Removal of Restrictions on Parallel Imports Proposed
• Article for Copyright World: Current affairs send-up allowed to use TV footage
• Article for Screenrights: The new moral rights legislation
• Article for Schools Alert: 'The Digital Agenda Amendments'
• Article for Copyright World: 'Cracking down on copycats: enforcement of copyright in Australia'
• Article for Copyright Reporter: The New Moral Rights Legislation
• Article for Copyright World:Moral rights legislation in force

2000

• Article for Copyright World: Interim report released on competition review of IP laws
• Article for Copyright World: Interim decision concerning mechanical royalty rates
• Article for Copyright World: Moral Rights amendments pass House of Representatives
• Article for Sounds Australian: Reading the News
• Article for Copyright World: Government calls for submissions on film directors� copyright
• Article for Copyright World 'Report on parallel Importing'; Digital Agenda Bill passed; directors' Copyright"
• Article for Screenrights newsletter Off the air - The new right of communication to the public and its implications for film producers
• Article for Copyright World: Australia to allow parallel importation of books and softwar
• Article for Copyright World: High Court rules on scope of Australian Parliament to make intellectual property laws
• Article for Copyright World: WIPO-IP Australia Regional Symposium
• Article for Copyright World: CLRC releases draft report on Copyright Tribunal
• Article for Copyright World: Moral Rights for Australia
• Article for Copyright World: Advisory Report on Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Bill 1999

1999

• Copyright in the New Communications Environment: Balancing Protection and Access
• Book review for Copyright Reporter: Copinger & Skone James on Copyright (14th edition) by Kevin Garnett, Jonathan Rayner James and Gillian Davies
• Article for Australian Intellectual Property News: Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Bill 1999
• Paper for APPA/CAL: Proposed Changes to Australian Copyright Law
• Article for Copyright World: Our Culture: Our Future - Report on Australian Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights
• Article for Copyright World: Appeal dismissed in computer software case; Rights owners of sound recordings to receive payment for copying under statutory licence.
• Book Review for Copyright World: Crime in the Digital World
• Article for Copyright World: The Digital Agenda Bill
• Article for On Demand: Copyright aspects of digitising material
• Article for Copyright World: Computer Programs Bill, Importation of Sound Recordings Bill, Copyright Enforcement Inquiry.
• Article for Copyright World: CLRC releases issues paper; Review of Australia�s intellectual property framework to contribute to copmetition reform; National Competition Council report released.
• Article for Copyright World: Australian Recent Developments
• Paper for Photomarketing Association: Copyright - the pitfalls
• Article for Copyright World: CLRC Report: Part 2
• Article for Copyright World: Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Bill 1999
• Article for Copyright World: Australian Universities to pay higher rates for photocopying
• Article for Copyright World: National Competition Council Review of Exemptions for Intellectual Property from Competition Law

1998

• Article for Australian Author: Copyright law reform: report by the Copyright Law Review Committee on the exceptions to the exclusive rights of copyright owner
• Paper for Copyright World: Galleries, Museums and Copyright in the Digital Age
• Article for Communications Update: CLRC recommendations on fair dealing: some comments
• Article for Copyright World: Photographer Exercises right of restraint; 'Reverse Engineering' of Knitted Fabric
• Article for Copyright World: Copyright Law Review Committee Report: Part 1
• Article for Copyright Bulletin (UNESCO): Recent amendments to the Australian Copyright Act
• Article for IAML: Organisation, Access and Delivery in Music Libraries: Music Copyright and the Internet
• Article for Copyright World: Copyright in indigenous works: communal title, constructive trusts and fiduciary duties
• Article for Copyright World: Licensing content for multimedia
• Article for Copyright World: Two copyright Bills passed
• Article for Copyright World: Report on copyright, music and small business
• Article for Museums Australia: Museum Methods 1.9 Copyright for museums
• Article for Copyright World: Government decision on cable retransmission of free-to-air television broadcasts
• Paper for Key Centre for Cultural & Media Policy: Fair use and fair dealing
• Paper for Copyright World: Copyright Amendment Bill (No 2) 1997: Report of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, 1 April 1998
• Paper for Copyright World: Copyright reform and the information economy
• Paper for Copyright World: Performers� Intellectual Property Rights Proposed
• Paper for Institute for Criminology: Internet Crime: Copyright Infringement
• Paper for ASLA: Virtual Reality: Virtual legality - New educational legislation for electronic information
• Article for NAVA Newsletter: Resale royalty right ('droit de suite')
• Article for IP Forum: Bailey's, bottles and Bills: the Copyright Amendment Bill 1997 and the parallel importation of labels and packaging
• Article for Music Forum: Copyright Royalties for Music Played by Small Business
• Article for Copyright World: Parallel importation of records, CDs and tapes

1997

• Article for Copyright Reporter: UNESCO-WIPO World Forum on the Protection of Folklore: some reflections and reactions
• Article for Australian Author: Don�t quote me!
• Article for SMARTS: Copyright Law & Practice Symposium 1997
• Article for Copyright World: Inquiry into copyright royalties for music played by small business; Copyright/design overlap � are dressmaking patterns and labels for jeans �designs�?; Implied licence
• Article for Copyright World: Copyright Amendment Bill 1997; Federal Attorney-General announces further reforms to Copyright Act
• Article for Craft Victoria: What is a �work of artistic craftsmanship�?
• Article for Music Forum: Copyright Law and Practice Symposium; Copyright Amendment Bill 1997; Use of background music by small businesses
• Article for Copyright World: High Court confirms telecommunications carrier liable for music on hold: Telstra Corporation Limited v Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd; Proposed new transmission right; The Full Federal Court confirms that computer games are 'films'
• Paper for LAAMS: The overlap between design and copyright law
• Article for Copyright World: Copyright and intellectual property concerns of Australia�s Indigenous people
• Article for Copyright World: Copyright Amendment Bill 1997 introduced into Parliament; Schott Music International GMBH & Co & Ors v Colossal Records of Australia Pty Limited & Ors unreported, Federal Court of Australia, NG 990 of 1996 (19 June 1997); Powerflex Services Pty Ltd and Others v Data Access Corporation (1997) 37 IPR 436
• Article for IASPM: Music, copyright and the Internet
• Article for SCBWI: Protecting your electronic rights #2
• Article for Copyright World: Broadcast of a film held not to constitute a broadcast of a sound recording; Australasian Performing Right Association attempts to license Internet Service Providers
• Article for Copyright World: Federal Court declares Aboriginal artist owner of copyright in Aboriginal flag; Copyright law review committee issues papers and public forum
• Article for Sounds Australian: Cross fertilisation or cultural imperialism?
• Article for SCBWI: Protecting your electronic rights #1
• Article for Copyright World: Government announces amendments to Copyright Act
• Article for Copyright World: �Techno� version of music found not to �debase� the original
• Article for Copyright World: New terms of reference for Copyright Law Review Committee
• Article for Copyright World: Computer games are 'films'