The Importation Provisions of the Copyright Act 1968

Preface and Contents

Pages 1 through 43

The Reference
The Committee's Recommendations
The Legislation
The Committee's Consideration of the Reference
The Substance of the Submissions made to the Committee and the
Committee's General Consideration of them

Relationship between the Copyright Act and Trade Practices Act

The Book Publishing Industry

The Sound Recording and Record Industry

The Film and Video Industry

Computer Software

Product Labelling

Consideration of Copyright Areas in Respect of which no Submissions were received

Section 135 of the Copyright Act 1968

Conclusions

Appendix A

Suggested Form of Amendments to the Copyright Act 1968

Appendix B

Relevant provisions of the Copyright Act 1968

Appendix C

Report of 2 July 1984 by the Committee on Reference concerning the meaning of "publication" in the Copyright Act 1968

Appendix D

The Importation Provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 - A Historical and Comparative Analysis

Appendix E

Organisations and Persons from whom Submissions were received

Appendix F

Amendments to the Copyright Act 1968 suggested by the Australian Booksellers Association to the Committee

Appendix G

(i) Survey of prices of books supplied by the Armidale Christian Book Society to the Committee

Appendix H

Draft form of Mechanical Copyright Protection Society Limited (MCPS) - British Phonographic Industry Limited (BPI) Import Licence, including Terms and Conditions

Appendix I and Appendix J

Appendix I

Extract from the Recordsellers' Submission containing an Overview of the Indent Services offered by the major record companies

Appendix J

Statistics supplied by Australian Record Industry Association Limited (ARIA) showing market trends in relation to vinyl records, audio cassettes and compact discs