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Copyright Symposium 15 & 16 October 2009
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What: 14th Biennial Copyright Law and Practice Symposium (hosted by the Australian Copyright Council and the Copyright Society of Australia)
When: 15 & 16 October 2009
Where: Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Provisional program
| Day 1
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| 8:20 | registration | | 8:50 | Welcome
Peter Banki: Chair, Australian Copyright Council | | 9:00 | Opening address
The Hon Richard Marles MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry | | 9:20 | Keynote address
The Hon Kevin Lindgren: Judge, Federal Court of Australia | | 10:00 | morning tea | 10:30
| Copyright and sports reporting - "fair dealing" and sports reporting, and the relationship with contractual obligations
- Senate Committee report: "The reporting of sports news and the emergence of digital media"
- should there be copyright in a sporting event or performance?
- implications for sports reporting of the IceTV case
Speakers include: | 11:40
| Interaction between copyright exceptions and contract
- to what extent do contractual obligations affect the application of copyright exceptions?
- what are the practical implications?
- update on the Copyright Law Review Committee report: "Copyright & contract"
- formation and interpretation of contracts made online
Speakers: | | 12:40 | lunch | 2:15
| The inside history of copyright
Key players in the last 40 years of copyright tell you what really went on behind the scenes behind significant cases and policy developments. Speakers include: - Peter Banki: partner, Banki Haddock Fiora
- Jim Dwyer: partner, Allens Arthur Robinson
- Michael Hall, barrister, Nigel Bowen Chambers
- Michael Ellicott, barrister, Wardell Chambers
| | 3:30 | afternoon tea | 4:00
| Expert evidence in copyright cases
- options for eliciting expert evidence in copyright cases
- concurrent expert evidence and the "hot tub"
- expert evidence in the Monster Music case
Speakers: | | 5:00 | Close of day 1 | 7:00
| Conference dinner: Mezzaluna, Potts Point
Dinner speaker: Anne Summers: writer
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| day 2
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| 8:30 | registration | | | | Stream 1 – Domain Theatre
| Stream 2 – Centenary Auditorium
| 9:00
| Access to public sector information
- Government 2.0 taskforce
- options for licensing PSI: why different agencies have adopted different approaches
- relationship between access to PSI and innovation
Speakers: | Current issues in broadcasting and publishing
Speakers include: - Peter Donoughue, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Queensland
- Katherine Giles, Lawyer, Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Presentation
- Jeremy Fisher, Executive Director, Australian Society of Authors
- David Higgins, Editor, News.com.au – Presentation
- Margaret Seale, Director, Random House Australia & New Zealand
- Chair: Caroline Morgan: General Manager, Business Services, Copyright Agency Limited
| | 10:30 | morning tea |
| 11:00
| Copyright and the digital future
- liability for online content
- copyright in a Web 2.0 world
- territorial licensing in an online environment
Speakers: - Jim FitzSimons: partner, Clayton Utz
- Robert Beerworth: Founder, Wiliam Website Design & Strategy
- Catherine Bond, Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre, UNSW
- Chair: Adam Flynn
| Access to copyright by students and people with a disability
- recent developments (international and local)
- access by people with a disability
- the Digital Education Revolution
Speakers: - Helen Daniels: Assistant Secretary, Copyright Law Branch, Cth Attorney-General’s Department
- Maryanne Diamond: President, World Blind Union
- Evan Arthur: Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations – Presentation
- Julie Barnett: Manager, Editorial, Contracts & Licensing, John Wiley & Sons – Presentation
- Chair: Zoë Rodriguez, Copyright Agency Limited
| | 12:30 | lunch | | | 2:00 | Indigenous IP update (plenary session)
- international developments
- resale royalty legislation
- proposal for "sui generis" legislation for Indigenous IP
Speakers include: - Lydia Miller, Executive Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts, Australia Council for the Arts
- Patricia Adjei, Lawyer, National Indigenous Television
- Erin Mackay: Project Director, UNSW Indigenous Law Centre
- Bronwyn Bancroft: artist, director
- Chair: Louise Buckingham
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| | 3:15 | afternoon tea | | | 3:45 | Future directions for the Copyright Tribunal
- how accessible is the Tribunal?
- options for reducing the time and cost of proceedings
- options for expert evidence/advice to the Tribunal
Speakers include:
- The Hon Justice Emmett: Judge, Federal Court of Australia, President, Copyright Tribunal of Australia
- Angela Bowne: barrister
- Charles Alexander: Partner, Minter Ellison
- Chair: Caroline Morgan: General Manager, Business Services, Copyright Agency Limited
| Anti-counterfeiting trade Agreement and other international developments
- Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
- other trade agreements being negotiated
- practical issues for enforcing overseas infringements
Speakers include: - Nicholas Rodgers: Director, International IP Section, Office of Trade Negotiations, Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
| | 4:45 | Closing remarks
Caroline Morgan, President, Copyright Society of Australia
| | | 5:00 | Close of day 2 | |
More soon. Registration fees**Book online
| standard | CSA member | fullt-time student |
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| both days (15 & 16 October) | $880 | $780 | $200 | | 15 October only | $580 | $500 | $100 | | 16 October only | $580 | $500 | $100 | | 15 October: morning only | $300 | $250 | $50 | | 15 October: afternoon only | $300 | $250 | $50 | | 16 October: morning only | $300 | $250 | $50 | | 16 October: afternoon only | $300 | $250 | $50 | | Dinner (15 October) | $120 | $120 | $120 |
For more information, call 02 8815 9776 or email.
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