Copyright and open access in a fast changing landscape

AL©C Australian Libraries Copyright Committee

Australian Digital AllianceAustralian Libraries Copyright Committee

Ellen Broad Copyright adviser, Australian Libraries Copyright CommitteeExecutive Officer, Australian Digital Alliance

ebroad@nla.gov.au [@ellenbroad, @aus_digital]

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AL©C Australian Libraries Copyright Committee

Copyright law: implications for open access

•Contract and copyright

•Publication online – third party copyright issues• Digital repositories• Limitations of fair dealing defences

•Technological protection measures

AL©C Australian Libraries Copyright Committee

Copyright trends affecting uptake of open access models

•Enforcement focus in national IP instruments, bi-lateral, multi-lateral treaties

• Research Works Act (H.R. 3699)• Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

•Other regulatory restrictions on research• Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011 (Aust)

Boycott Elsevier Poster http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/elsevier_boycott_poster.pdf

International focus on enforcement

•TPP•ACTA•SOPA

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)

AL©C Australian Libraries Copyright Committee

AL©C Australian Libraries Copyright Committee

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