US-Australia Free Trade Agreement

Note: all links are external

Policy

Philip Ruddock. 'Speech at the ACIPA Conference', Unlucky for some, 13 February 2004

US-Australia Free Trade Agreement

Allens Consulting Report. 'Copyright term extension and costs' [680KB pdf], July 2003

Intellectual Property and Competition Review, 'Review of intellectual property under the competition principles agreement', September 2000

Articles

Rimmer, Matthew. 'The dead poets society: the copyright term and the public domain', First Monday, June 2003, Vol. 8, No. 6 [For a rejoinder to this article, see Lessig's response]

Rimmer, Matthew. 'Gone with the wind: copyright law and fair use', inCite, April 2003, Vol. 24 (4), p6

Rimmer, Matthew. 'Free mickey: the copyright term and the public domain', inCite, March 2003, Vol. 24 (3), p12

Media

Shiel, Fergus. 'Libraries caught in copyright changes', The Age, 11 February 2004

Davis, Mark. 'Mickey Mouse holds key to the future', The Australian Financial Review, 8 December 2003

Cochrane, Nathan. 'Free trade at a price', The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 November 2003

Web

Eldritch Press
'Here are free, accessible books. Read them and go in peace...'

OpenLaw: Eldred v Ashcroft
This case, and the Openlaw forum, are just the beginning of a broader movement to reassert the public side of the copyright bargain.

Opposing copyright extension

The [US] Public Domain Enhancement Act
The Public Domain Enhancement Act FAQ v1.02