[Osia-members] [PRESS RELEASE] Fair use for everyone! (including the use of orphan works)

[Jack Burton]

Evening, all.

OSIA has put out the attached press release tonight. Also available
online at: http://osia.com.au/f/osia_dca_pr1_0.pdf

Also attached is a copy of the OSIA submission referenced in the report,
which was lodged last week and is available online at:
http://osia.com.au/f/osia_sub_201806_dca.pdf

The three issues in-scope for this DCA consultation all flow from
recommendations of the Productivity Commission's 2015/16 inquiry into
intellectual property arrangements and are all issues that OSIA raised
during its involvement with that earlier inquiry. In particular, the
introduction of fair use and the expansion of existing prohibitions on
contracting-out of statutory exceptions were both amongst
the recommendations OSIA made to the Commission.

For reference. our initial (2015) submission to that inquiry is here:
http://osia.com.au/f/productivitycommisionreport.pdf
and our final (2016) submission here:
http://osia.com.au/f/osia_sub_201605_pc_ip.pdf
and the transcript of our evidence before its public hearing here:
http://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/current/intellectual-property/public-hearings/20160623-melbourne-intellectual-property.pdf

Members with an interest in the ongoing matter of Australian copyright
law reform are welcome to contact Mark or me either on- or off-list.

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