Copyright, exceptions and cultural institutions: Australia is listening!

Whilst the 2016 Copyright Directive proposal might have lost some momentum since its introduction, the appetite for the modernisation of copyright law is still in the cards in other parts of the world – not the least Down Under. Last week, the Australian government published a public consultation call to gather views on how to adapt copyright law to the ‘changing interests’ of the ‘digital world’ (here). This public consultation follows a report (the ‘Productivity Report’) by the Commission published in December 2016 (see, hereand here). The government had published a response to the Productivity report in August 2017 (August 2017 Report, here). (See as well as the exclusive IPKat interview with Patricia Kelly, the Director General of IP Australia, here.) As promised in its response to the ‘Productivity Report’ published in August 2017, the Australian government is focusing this public consultation on copyright exceptions…

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