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Copyright conference 6 August 2009: Reimagining copyright for the 21st century

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29 June 2009

When: 6 August 2009, 12:30pm to 6pm
Where: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Program

In the 40th year of the Copyright Act, this conference will look at challenges for the future direction of copyright policy, including:

how should copyright best promote innovation?
should copyright policy differentiate “functional” works from “aesthetic” works?
should some things currently covered by copyright be excluded?
how should copyright policy reflect the aspirations of amateur creators?
how should copyright policy differentiate access to information from use of content?

12:30pm	Lunch Speaker: Bronwyn Bancroft, artist; Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative; director, Viscopy, Copyright Agency Limited, Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo	Sculpture Garden Restaurant, National Gallery of Australia
2:00pm	Conference Chair: Peter Banki, Chair, Australian Copyright Council	James O Fairfax Auditorium, National Gallery of Australia
2:05pm	Dr Francis Gurry Director-General, World Intellectual Property Organization	Keynote address: Whither copyright internationally?
2:45pm	Brad Sherman Professor of Law, University of Queensland	Key developments in the last 40 years of copyright that shape our thinking about the future linking of copyright policy to trade policy (TRIPs and beyond) application of copyright to the online environment democratisation of creativity producers’ rights v authors’ rights
	Sam Ricketson Professor of Law, University of Melbourne; barrister	Copyright and functional products are there different policy considerations for functional products v aesthetic works? should copyright apply to functional products? what are the alternatives? is the originality requirement too low in Australia?
3:50pm	afternoon tea
4:20pm	Sophie Goddard SC Barrister	Development of copyright by the courts role of the courts in expanding, and limiting, the application of copyright re-emergence of the author in copyright cases effect of the Ice TV decision in practice a coherent approach to “substantial part”?
	Matthew Rimmer Senior Lecture, Law School, Australian National University	The role of fair use in creative freedom what is “creative freedom”? should copyright policy differentiate “professional” creative freedom from amateur creative freedom? does US copyright allow greater creative freedom than Australian copyright law? what are the lessons for Australia from the Stanford University Fair Use Project? recent US cases: Fairley case, Schloss case, Harry Potter Lexicon case
	Melissa de Zwart Associate Professor, School of Law, University of South Australia	The role of copyright in innovation should copyright policy differentiate "innovative" or "transformative" use from passive or consumptive use? how should copyright policy differentiate use of others' ideas for innovation from use of others' content for innovation? should there be access obligations for content produced using "innovation exceptions"? should there be a public benefit test for "innovation exceptions"?
6:00pm	Drinks and canapés	Members’ lounge, National Gallery of Australia

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