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Copyright Symposium November 2007
The 13th Biennial Copyright Law and Practice Symposium – hosted by the Australian Copyright Council and the Copyright Society of Australia – was held in Sydney, at the Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour, on 22 and 23 November 2007.
- Conference papers: will be published in Copyright Reporter in early 2008. We may also be able to publish edited transcripts of presentations for which a paper is not provided: click here for information about which speakers have indicated that they will provide a written paper. We will send the published papers to conference delegates.
- Powerpoint presentations: Some speakers have permitted their powerpoint presentations to be made available: click here.
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Program: Day 1 (22 November 2007)
| 8:20 | Registration | For more information about the speakers, click here. |
| 8:50 | Welcome | Peter Banki: Chair, Australian Copyright Council |
| 9:00 | Evolution of the concept of fair dealing in Canadian copyright law | Justice Roger T Hughes: Federal Court of Canada |
| 9:40 | Piracy and enforcement in Asia Pacific and Australia | Mike Ellis: Motion Picture Association |
| 10:20 | morning tea | |
| 11:00 | Current issues in piracy, enforcement & ISP liability | Vanessa Hutley: Microsoft Jane Perrier: Telstra BigPond Michael Green: BarNet; barrister Sabiene Heindl: Music Industry Piracy Investigations Chair: Cate Nagy, Mallesons Stephen Jaques |
| 12:40 | lunch | |
| 2:10 |
Recent cases | Dauid Sibtain: barrister David Lindsay: Monash University Chair: Miriam Stiel: Allens Arthur Robinson |
| 3:10 | afternoon tea | |
| 3:40 | Indigenous IP update: Australia and New Zealand | Robynne Quiggin: Vincent-Quiggin Consulting Paryse Suddith: Ministry of Economic Development, NZ Aaron Corn: National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance in Australia Chair: Ian McDonald, Australian Copyright Council |
| 5:00 | Close of day 1 | |
| 7:00 | Conference dinner Mezzaluna Restaurant, 123 Victoria Street, Potts Point | Dinner speaker: Libby Gleeson Awarding of GC O'Donnell essay prize |
Program: Day 2 (23 November 2007)
| 8:30 | Registration | |
| 9:00 | Content delivery in new business environments | Matthew Deaner, Australian Subscription, TV and Radio Association Andrew Lambert: Telstra BigPond Alicia Paterson, Optus Content and Portals Chair: Ian Oi, Accenture Legal Group |
| 10:40 | morning tea | |
| 11:20 | Legal issues for new forms of content delivery: fair dealing, new copyright exceptions, online gaming, mobile TV | Richard Cobden SC: barrister Melissa de Zwart: Monash University David Brennan: Melbourne University Chair: Karen Gettens: Blake Dawson Waldron |
| 12:50 | lunch | |
| 2:20 | Copyright developments in the region | Kwee Tiang Ang: International Federation of Authors and Composers (CISAC) Andrew Brown QC: barrister, New Zealand Chair: Mary Wyburn, Sydney University |
| 3:20 | afternoon tea | |
| 4:00 | Looking forward: issues on the horizon in Australia and internationally | Helen Dakin: Australian Copyright Council Michael Williams: Gilbert + Tobin |
| 5:00 | Close of day 2 |
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