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No Support for DVD Price Discrimination

This article informs that film production companies cannot use copyright law to charge DVD rental businesses higher prices for DVDs than they charge consumers. This was the effect of the Federal Court's decision in an action brought by the Australian Video Retailers Association against Warner Home Video. The principal issue...

Tags: Australian Copyright Council, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

White papers 2002-01-21

Article for Screenrights: Off the Air

The producer needs to be aware of is that the composer will not always be the right person to talk to insofar as all of the copyright issues are concerned. For example, if the composer has a publisher, he may need to talk some of the issues through with that...

Tags: Publisher, Australian Copyright Council, Sales Strategy, Corporate Communications, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

White papers 2002-08-14

Article for Copyright World: Current Affairs Send-Up Allowed to Use TV Footage

This article presents information on a recent Australian Federal Court decision, which sheds light on the nature of copyright in television broadcasts, and on the issue of substantiality in this context. The decision also discusses the application of the fair dealing defenses of criticism and review and of reporting the...

Tags: Broadcast, Australian Copyright Council, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

White papers 2001-03-05

Article for Copyright World

Australia's Federal Government announced its intention to amend the Copyright Act to allow the parallel importation of books, music and software including computer games. Currently, the Act prohibits parallel importation, except in relation to sound recordings, material on packaging and labeling, and, in certain circumstances only, books. This announcement followed...

Tags: Australian Copyright Council, Games, Intellectual Property, Productivity, Personal Technology, Research & Development, Business Operations

White papers 2000-07-12

Copyright Update

The Australian Copyright Council is a non-profit organization, founded in 1968. Copyright is the legal basis on which most creators earn their income. It provides reward and stimulus for creative activity, and encourages respect for the economic and cultural value of creative work. Without copyright, writers, composers and many other...

Tags: Creator, Australian Copyright Council, Piracy, Operational Accounting, Digital Media, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

White papers 2003-12-01