n October 2015, you know, the good old days when Donald Trump wasn’t POTUS and Brexit wasn’t a thing, the Australian Government asked the Productivity Commission to undertake a 12-month public inquiry into our intellectual property arrangements.The result? A document of over 750 pages that identifies pretty much every flaw in our current system, and boy are there a lot of … [Read more...]
#PopLaw: What Are Your Legal Rights If Your Song Is Used Without Permission
We are lucky to live in a country where copyright protection is automatically afforded to creative works, a saving grace that makes Australia's copyright law imperfections almost palatable.For musicians, the stakes can be high when it comes to copyright infringement. Contrary to what many Australians may think, there is no such thing as the innocent use of a song, nor is … [Read more...]
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