Australian Copyright Council submissions
The submissions are listed chronologically, the most recent first.
2008
Response to Cultural Ministers’ Council report: Building a creative innovation economyResponse to DEWHA consultation paper on ratifying UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Response to Personal Property Securities Bill 2008: Consultation Draft: May 2008
Response to Issues Paper: Artists Resale Royalty Scheme for Visual Artists – Framework and Parameters
Reponse to issues paper: Copying photographs and films in a different format for private use
Submission to Review of the National Innovation System
Response to 2007 Discussion Paper on the Extension of Legal Deposit
2007
Comments on ACCC draft guidelines: “Copyright licensing and collecting societies: a guide for copyright licensees”2006
Submission on Copyright Amendment (Technological Protection Measures) Bill 2006 (Exposure Draft) Response to government proposals for new exceptions in media release ‘Major copyright reforms strike balance’ Response to government’s Digital Agenda Review proposals2005
Response to review of technological protection measures exceptionsResponse to Issues Paper on Fair Use
2004
Response to Digital Agenda Review
Response to Resale Royalty discussion paper
Response to recommendations of Joint Standing Committee on the Australia - US Free Trade Agreement
Submission to Joint Standing Committee on the Australia - United States Free Trade Agreement
Response to Copyright Law Review Committee Issues Paper on Crown Copyright
2003
Submission to review into Digital Agenda Act
Response to Copyright Law Review Committee report on copyright and contracts
Letter on major issues for Digital Agenda Review
Submission on proposed free trade agreement with the United States [1/2003]
2001
Submission to Contemporary Visual Arts & Craft Inquiry [11/2001]
Further submission to Copyright Law Review Committee on Copyright and Contracts [10/2001]
Submission to Copyright Law Review Committee on Copyright and Contracts [08/2001]
Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Parallel Importation [04/2001]
2000
Submission on Film Directors' Copyright [10/2000]
Submission on Duration of Copyright in Photographs [10/2000]
Submission on Digital Agenda Bill as amended 28 June [8/2000]
Response to CLRC Draft Report: Jurisdiction and Procedures of the Copyright Tribunal [3/2000]
Submission on Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Bill 1999 [3/2000]
1999
Proposed amendments to Part III, Division 5 of the Copyright Act 1968 [11/1999]
Follow up Submission on the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Bill 1999 [5/1999]
Response to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on TRIPS Agreement [5/1999]
Submission on the Copyright Amendment (Computer Programs) Bill 1999 [4/1999]
Submission on the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Bill 1999 [3/1999]
Response to National Competition Council draft report on s51(3) of the Trade Practices Act [1/1999]
1998
Submission : Submission in response to National Competition Council Review of sections 51(2) and 51(3) of the Trade Practices Act 1974, Issues Paper June 1998 [8/1998]
Submission : Submission to the Copyright Law Review Committee about categorisation of rights and categorisation of subject matter [7/1998]
Submission : Submission to the Copyright Law Review Committee about outstanding issues from the Copyright Convergence Group Report [7/1998]
Submission : Response to Commonwealth Government's discussion paper 'Performers' Intellectual Property Rights' [4/1998]
Submission : Second submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee in relation to the Copyright Amendment Bill (No 2) [2/1998]
Submission : Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee on CD prices [1/1998]
1997
Submission : Response to the Copyright Law Review Committee about reliance on special exceptions in the Copyright Act [12/1997]
Submission : Response to Our Culture, Our Future: Proposals for Recognition and Protection of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property [10/1997]
Submission : Duties Bill Exposure Draft [10/1997]
Submission : Submission to the Attorney-General's Department, responding to the discussion paper 'Copyright Reform and the Digital Agenda' [9/1997]
Submission : Submission to the House of Representatives Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee about the public performance of music [9/1997]
Submission : Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee about the Copyright Amendment Bill 1997 [8/1997]
Submission : Submission to the Copyright Law Review Committee responding to the Committee�s four issues papers on exceptions for educational institutions, libraries and people with disabilties [6/1997]
Submission : Submission to the Copyright Law Review Committee is response to the Committee's issues paper on fair dealing [4/1997]
1996
Submission : Submission to Review of Commonwealth Assistance to the Film Industry [11/1996]
Submission : Submission to Inter Departmental Committee on CD prices [10/1996]
Submission : Response to recommendations to Government in Review of Australian Collecting Societies [9/1996]
Submission :Retransmission of broadcast copyright material [7/1996]
Submission : Comments on draft Copyright Amendment Bill 1996 [6/1996]
Submission : Submission to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission regarding applications for authorisation notification by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) [3/1996]
1995
Submission : Submission to the NSW Office of State Revenue on the proposed new stamp duties legislation [11/1995]
Submission : Comments to Brad Sherman on matters being considered as part of the inquiry into extending performers� rights. [9/1995]
Submission : Preliminary submission to the Copyright Law Review Committee on protectible subject matter [9/1995]
Submission : Response to 'Stopping the Rip-offs: Intellectual Property Protection for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' [4/1995]
Submission : Responses to arguments opposing repeal of s 35(5) of the Copyright Act [3/1995]
Submission : Submission to Price Surveillance Authority in relation to its Inquiry into the Impact of 1991 Amendments to the Copyright Act 1968, Allowing Parallel Importation of Books in Certain Circumstances [2/1995]
1994 and earlier
Submission : Response to ALRC Discussion Paper No. 58: Designs [11/1994]
Submission : Response to Discussion Paper: Proposed Moral Rights Legislation for Copyright Creators [9/1994]
Submission : Comments to the Attorney-General's Department on the Copyright (World Trade Organisation Amendment) Bill [9/1994]
Submission : Submission to the Justice and Law Reform Committee (NZ) on the Copyright Bill (NZ) [8/1994]
Submission : Submission on copyright issues in the Federal Government's proposed cultural policy [8/1994]
Submission : Submission to the Copyright Convergence Group [4/1994]
Submission :Response to the Australian Law Reform Commission's Issues paper No.11: designs [10/1993]
Submission : Response to the Copyright Law Review Committee's Draft Report on Computer Software [10/1993]
Submission : Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission in relation to its Inquiry into Intellectual Property Protection for Industrial Designs [12/1992]
Submission : Response to the interim report of the Prices Surveillance Authority onto prices of computer software [12/1992]
Submission : Submission to the Copyright Law Review Committee on Journalists' Copyright [10/1992]
Submission : Response to the Minister for the Arts to the discussion paper on the Role of the Commonwealth in Australia's Cultural Development [8/1992]
Submission :: Submission to the Attorney-General regarding the IIPA submission to the USTR to designate Australia under the 'Special 301' provisions [4/1992]
Submission : Submission to the Attorney-General on moral rights [4/1992]
Submission : Submission to Attorney-General's Department on the Proposed Protocol to the Berne Convention [10/1991]
Submission : Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on the Copyright Amendment Bill 1990 (parallel importation of books) [8/1991]
Submission : Submission to Interdepartmental Committee on the Prices Surveillance Aunthority's report on prices of sound recordings [2/1991]
Submission : Response to Copyright Law Review Committee's Issues Paper on Computer Software [9/1990]
Submission :Submission to Attorney-General's Department on a Rental Right [8/1990]
Submission : Submission to Federal Government on Intellectual Property Issues and the General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade [8/1990]
Submission : Letter to the Attorney-General�s Department about proposed changes to provisions in the Copyright Act dealing with archives [8/1990]
Submission : Submission to Prices Surveillance Authority on Book Prices [7/1989]