Abstract
Despite the far-reaching implications of the recommendations made by the Copyright Law Review Committee in its final Crown Copyright report in April 2005, little attention, either academic or otherwise, has been given to these suggested changes. Given the increasing emphasis on the importance of reusability of government information, the ramifications of the CLRC recommendations must be evaluated to establish whether these proposals are the best approach to fulfilling both present and future demands for this information. This article maps the traditional arguments in favour of and against Crown copyright before discussing reusability of public sector information and the impact of Crown copyright on this growing practice. It continues with an analysis of the major recommendations made by the CLRC in order to evaluate the effect and impact of these proposals on both the reuse issue and the Australian copyright landscape more generally.
Disciplines
Intellectual Property
Date of this Version
May 2007
Recommended Citation
Catherine Bond, "Reconciling Crown Copyright and Reuse of Government Information: An Analysis of the CLRC Crown Copyright Review" (May 2007). University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series. Working Paper 32.
http://law.bepress.com/unswwps-flrps/art32
Comments
This paper has been accepted for publication in (2007) 12 Media & Arts Law Review (forthcoming). This paper may also be referenced as [2007] UNSWLRS 32.