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Copyright Symposium November 2003
The 11th Biennial Copyright Law and Practice Symposium was held in Sydney, at the Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour, on 20 and 21 November 2003.
Day 1 (Thursday 20 November 2003)
8:30am |
Registration |
| 9:00am | Welcome John MacPhail, President, Copyright Society of Australia |
| 9:10am | Keynote address The Hon Justice Gummow, High Court of Australia |
| 10:00am | Government’s copyright policy agenda The Hon Philip Ruddock, Attorney-General |
| 10:30am | Morning tea |
| 11:00am | WIPO’s Digital Agenda Geoffrey Yu, World Intellectual Property Organization Chair: Peter Banki, Chair, Australian Copyright Council |
| 12:05pm | The copyright balance: what should the objectives of copyright law be? Professor Sam Ricketson, University of Melbourne Terry Cutler, Cutler & Company |
| 12:50pm | Lunch |
| 2:10pm | Privacy issues for copyright management and enforcement Professor Graham Greenleaf, University of NSW Malcolm Crompton, Privacy Commissioner Chair: Ian Oi, Blake Dawson Waldron |
| 3:10pm | Afternoon tea |
3:50pm |
The 3 year Review of Digital Agenda Act: a progress report Matthew Hall, Consultant for Digital Agenda review Caroline Morgan, Copyright Agency Limited Tom Cochrane, Australian Digital Alliance Chair: Mary Wyburn, University of Sydney |
| 4:45pm | Close of Day 1 |
| 7:00pm for 7:30pm |
Dinner
Tattersalls Club, Elizabeth St, Sydney Dinner speaker: Martin Armiger Awarding of G C O'Donnell essay prize |
Day 2 (Friday 21 November 2003)
| 9:15am | The digital marketplace: how the technology works and its effect on copyright management and enforcement Michael Green, barrister Chair: John MacPhail, Senior Associate, Baker & McKenzie Sydney |
| 9:45am | Technological protection measures John Nicholas SC, barrister |
| 10:15am | Digital rights management from a creator’s perspective Charlie Chan, composer |
| 10:40am | Morning tea |
| 11:00am | Enforcing copyright in the digital environment Michael Williams, Gilbert & Tobin Solicitors Professor Brian Fitzgerald, Queensland University of Technology Chair: Maurice Gonsalves, Mallesons Stephen Jaques |
11:50am |
Private international law issues for copyright management and enforcement Professor Jane Ginsburg, Columbia University, New York |
| 12:45pm | Lunch |
2:00pm |
International developments, including the proposed free trade agreement with the US Scot Morris, Australasian Performing Right Association Chair: Miriam Stiel, Allens Arthur Robinson |
| 2:30pm | Recent developments for Indigenous intellectual property Terri Janke, Terri Janke & Associates |
| 3:00pm |
Afternoon tea |
| 3:30pm | Recent cases Richard Cobden, barrister |
| 4:00pm | Recent policy developments Libby Baulch, Australian Copyright Council |
| 4:50pm | Closing remarks Kate Haddock, Partner, Banki Haddock Fiora |
| 4:45pm | Close of Day 2 |