This document provides information about the Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (ALCC) and their goals of advocating for balanced and flexible copyright reform in Australia. It outlines the ALCC's current law reform agenda, including providing input into the Australian Law Reform Commission's inquiry into copyright. The document also discusses the types of questions being asked in the ALRC copyright inquiry and the deadline for making a submission.

1. AL©C
Australian Libraries
Copyright Committee
Keeping Up with Copyright
Australian Libraries Copyright Committee
Australian Digital Alliance
Margaret Allen Chair, Australian Libraries Copyright Committee
Director, Australian Digital Alliance
Ellen Broad Copyright adviser, Australian Libraries Copyright Committee
Executive Officer, Australian Digital Alliance
ebroad@nla.gov.au [@ellenbroad, @aus_digital]

2. AL©C
Australian Libraries
Copyright Committee
Who we are What we do
• Australian Libraries Copyright • Engage in domestic copyright policy reform:
submissions to government departments,
Committee appearances before Parliamentary
committees, awareness raising with policy
• Australian Digital Alliance decision-makers
• Contribute to international copyright reform:
Advocating for balanced, flexible through IFLA, WIPO discussions in Geneva,
copyright reform closed trade agreements like ACTA and the
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
• Free copyright training for members, and
development of useful copyright resources
• Participate in legal cases concerning
copyright issues

3. AL©C
Australian Libraries
Copyright Committee
What are our goals?
• Implementing balanced and flexible copyright laws that provide
adequate protections for creators while ensuring access to
information, education and culture in the public interest
• Achieving technology neutral, simple to understand legislative
reform
• Amending copyright laws to prevent contracts and technological
protection measures from overriding exceptions that enable
libraries, educators and individuals to access and use content for
non-infringing purposes

4. AL©C
Australian Libraries
Copyright Committee
Law reform agenda at a glance
• Australian Law Reform Commission Inquiry into
Copyright
• Attorney-General’s Department Review of
Technological Protection Measures Exceptions
• Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations
• Legal Deposit consultations
• Library and Archive discussions in Geneva

5. AL©C
Australian Libraries
Copyright Committee
ALRC Copyright Inquiry
• Issues Paper released 20 August -
http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/copyright-ip42
• 55 questions spanning range of copyright issues,
including:
• Libraries and digitisation, section 200AB (Questions
19 – 22)
• Functioning of statutory licences (Qs 28 – 31)
• Orphan works, exception or licensing scheme (Qs 23
– 24)
• Consideration of fair use (Qs 52 -53)
• Contracting out of exceptions (Qs 54 – 55)

6. AL©C
Australian Libraries
Copyright Committee
Types of questions asked:
• Is section 200AB working adequately for libraries? If
not, what are the problems with its current
operation? (Question 19)
• Should the Act be amended to create a new
exception or collective licensing scheme for use of
orphan works? (Question 23)
• Should any uses of content covered by statutory
licensing scheme be instead covered by a free use
exception? (Question 30)

7. AL©C
Australian Libraries
Copyright Committee
Making a submission
• Deadline Friday 16 November
• Webform – do not need to
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