In recent years, the copyright in the digital domain has raised increasingly complex issues. The Digital Agenda Revisited symposium reviews these issues in the context of a 3 year review of the Copyright (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 (Cth).

As government and industry attempt to grapple with these issues, it is important to consider public interest aspects of digital copyright, including concerns about enforcement, liability and the rights of copyright users.

In relation to future approaches, law firm Phillips Fox are releasing four issues papers on this issue as part of their work for AGs. This invitation-only symposium canvasses public interest concerns about the present digital copyright framework, and future developments. Some interesting perspectives on these concerns will be found in presentations and papers.

Symposium and Consultation Workshop

Phillips Fox and the Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre will jointly host a symposium and consultation event to discuss issues surrounding the present and future developments for digital copyright law in Australia.

There will be two sessions. The first, chaired by Prof Graham Greenleaf, will feature several presentations from several different expert perspectives to stimulate deabate.

The second, chaired by Prof Jill McKeough, will involve an open-ended discussion.

The event has two aims. Firstly, to act as one of Phillips Fox Sydney based consultative workshops to assist its advice the the Attorney General's Dept. Other consultation activities will be are offered in Sydney and others cities. Please check website for details.

Secondly, the event takes on a symposium style, offering a unique opportunity to participants to give and receive insight into developments that are of primary importance to digital copyright. The event offers a forum for fairly open and free-ranging discussion to occur between the participants, and discussed issues beyond those in the background paper.

Select papers and the symposium proceedings will be published on the Centre's website.

Venue

Phillips Fox Board Room,
255 Elizabeth Street
Sydney NSW 2000

Professor Graham Greenleaf, UNSW (first session) and

Prof Jill McKeough, former head of UNSW Law School (second session).

Issues papers recently released by Phillips Fox.

To be advised; several to be delivered on the night.

For more details, including an application for an invitation, contact:

David Vaile
Executive director
Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre
Faculty of Law, University of NSW (Mathews 1205)

T: (02) 9385 3589
F: (02) 9385 1778
E: d.vaile (at) unsw.edu.au
W: http://www.cyberlawcentre.org/