New website for the Code of Conduct for Copyright Collecting Societies
Screenrights and all other Australian collecting societies have launched a new website for the Code of Conduct for Copyright Collecting Societies.
Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct: 2019 Call For Submissions
The 2019 call for submissions to the Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct review is now open.
Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct: Call For Submissions
The 2018 Call for submissions to the Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct review is now open.
‘Say No to Piracy’ Campaign Launches
The fight against piracy has claimed a significant victory, with new, previously unreleased research showing that court-ordered site blocks, year-on-year, led to a 25% reduction in piracy overall and a 53% reduction in use of the online pirate sites subject to a blocking order.
Participate In Government’s Review of the Code of Conduct for Australian Copyright societies
Screenrights is party to a voluntary industry Code of Conduct for Australian copyright collecting societies. Every three years, the Code is reviewed by an [...]
The Copyright Amendment (Disability and Other Measures) Act welcomed by Screenrights
Screenrights welcomes the passing in the Senate today of the Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures Act) 2017. As well as improving access [...]
Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct: Call For Submissions
The 2017 Call for submissions to the Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct review is now open. Each Collecting Society is subject to the [...]
Vale John Clarke
It is with sadness that we say goodbye to a Screenrights long standing and valued member, celebrated satirist and comedian, John Clarke, who suddenly [...]
Productivity Commission on Intellectual Property is a threat to Australian content
The latest Productivity Commission report on Australia’s intellectual property arrangements, including copyright law is a threat to Australian content, and rights holders to receive [...]
Copyright Agency Responds to Peter Martin’s Article
Copyright Agency CEO Adam Suckling has responded to a comment piece by Peter Martin in the Sunday Age. Martin's article inferred that Australian copyright [...]
The Full Federal Court confirms that there is no copyright in digital data signals
In a recent case between the Commissioner of Taxation and the Seven Network, the Federal Court has confirmed that the Copyright Act does not [...]
UK Research Show Piracy Decrease
Research into digital behaviours in the UK, commissioned by the UK Intellectual Property Office, has shown that online copyright infringement has dropped while use [...]
Vale Brian Beaton
We received the sad news today that one of Australia’s great documentary makers Brian Beaton from Artemis films has unexpectedly passed away. Brian was [...]
Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct: 2016 Call for Submissions
The 2016 Call for submissions to the Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct review is now open. You can download the notice here. Each [...]
Screen Producers Australia announce 2016 Ones to Watch
Screen Producers Australia has announced the twenty emerging producers for the 2016 Ones To Watch mentoring program. Now in its fourth year, Ones To [...]
Productivity Commission Report does not provide the full story on fair use
The Productivity Commission released a report today, calling for a US-style fair use provision to be put into Australia’s Copyright Act. Screenrights’ submission to [...]
Record Applications for Screen Australia Gender Initiative
Screen Australia’s Brilliant Stories and Brilliant Careers have received a combined 452 applications – the most ever received for any funding program. The programs [...]
Appointment of Justice Andrew Greenwood to the Copyright Tribunal
The Federal Government has announced the appointment of the Honourable Justice Andrew Greenwood as President of the Copyright Tribunal of Australia for a three [...]
Ones to Watch Applications Now Open
Applications for Screen Producers Australia’s emerging producer mentor program Ones To Watch are now open! Proudly supported by Screenrights, the Ones To Watch program [...]
Joint Submission to the Department of Communications and the Arts
On 23 December last year, the Department of Communications and the Arts published an Exposure Draft of a bill to amend the Copyright Act. The [...]
PWC report into ‘fair use’ now published
A report by PricewaterhouseCoopers into the costs and benefits of a ‘fair use’ scheme in Australia has now been published. Commissioned by Screenrights, APRA [...]
Release of Exposure Draft of Copyright Act Simplification Bill
Screenrights welcomes the publication of the Exposure Draft of a bill to simplify and modernise elements of the Copyright Act, including the educational statutory [...]