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Australian copyright law originates in British copyright law which was established by the British parliament through the Australian Courts Act 1828. [2] The British Statute of Anne 1709, which awarded copyright protection to books, acted as a blueprint for the extension of copyright to new types of subject matter in the 18th and 19th Century.
Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd v IceTV Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1172. Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd v IceTV Pty Ltd [2008] FCAFC 71; (2008) 168 FCR 14. Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd v IceTV Pty Ltd [No 2] [2008] FCAFC 154: Court membership; Judges sitting: French CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Heydon, Crennan and Kiefel JJ: Case opinions; Appeal allowed.
Milpurrurru v Indofurn Pty Ltd (the Carpets Case) was one of three Federal Court of Australia judgments in the 1990s involving the use of copyright law in Australia relating to Indigenous cultural and intellectual property (ICIP), the others being Yumbulul v Reserve Bank of Australia (1991) and Bulun Bulun v R & T Textiles (1998), or "T-shirts ...
1.1 Australia. 1.2 Canada. 1.3 Ghana. 1.4 Hong Kong. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Designs and Patents Act 1988, current copyright law ...
American Fair Use entitles the use of copyrighted material in articles directly about the copyrighted material, for such uses as parody or critique. A question has arisen as to what the status of copyright law is for material which is loaded onto an American site, from Australia, whether it falls under Australian or American copyright law.
Proponents of the proposed fair-use system describe it as a system which would "...maximise the net benefit to the community", reinforce that "user interests should also be recognised by Australia’s copyright system", [3] and that without it, "...the Australian copyright system will always have gaps, always be trying to catch up with new ...
Formed in 1994 to attend to copyright issues affecting the library, archive and information sectors, the ALCC became an incorporated body in 2015. [5] The ALCC is focused upon law reform in the Australian legal system. [6] It regularly provides updated information and interpretation about legislation. [7] [8]
The Norwegian copyright act does not address public domain directly. The Norwegian copyright law defines two basic rights for authors: economic rights and moral rights. [..] For material that is outside the scope of copyright, the phrase «i det fri» («in the free») is used. This corresponds roughly to the term «public domain» in English.