Digital content copyright

Copyright is a type of legal protection for people who express ideas and information in certain forms. The most common forms are: writing, visual images, music and moving images.

Links

• Australian Copyright Council
• Australian Government – Attorney General’s Department Copyright Information 
• Copyright Agency Limited 
• The Copyright Kitchen is a resource for those working in vocational education and training (VET) who deal with copyright issues in their day-to-day work.
• Viscopy - Visual Arts Copyright Collecting Agency
• APRA - Australasian Performing Right Association
• PPCA - Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Limited
• Screenrights 
• Poets Union 
• Creative Commons – A series of alternate Copyright Licenses to help you keep your copyright while inviting certain uses of your work 
• Arts Law - National community legal centre for the arts in Australia. 
• IP Australia
• Lending Rights 
• World Intellectual Property Organisation

Copyright Forum

A Copyright Forum was held on 14 August 2008.  The question was asked:
'Given the current Copyright Laws, how will digital artists make a living in the 21st Century?'

The forum began the discussion of what creators of digital content both artistic and commercial can do to protect their rights, income and intellectual property and how they can share their work whilst being acknowledged for their creativity.

Speakers

Elliot Bledsoe – Creative Commons Australia
Robyn Ayres – Arts Law Centre of Australia
Molly Reynolds – Australian Interactive Media Industry Association
Fee Plumley – Australian Network for Art and Technology