CLRC Reports and Related Publications

The Copyright Law Review Committee was formerly a part-time Committeee appointed by the Attorney-General to consider and report on specific copyright matters referred to it from time to time.

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CLRC Reports

Crown Copyright (2005)
This report makes recommendations on the law relating to government ownership of copyright material.

Copyright and Contract (2002)
Copyright and Contract is the report of the CLRC's inquiry into the relationship between copyright and contract.

Jurisdiction and Procedures of the Copyright Tribunal (2002)
Report regarding the Jurisdiction and Procedures of the Copyright Tribunal.

Simplification of the Copyright Act: Part 2 (1999)
Report considering the categorisation of subject matter and exclusive rights, as well as other selected issues.

Simplification of the Copyright Act: Part 1 (1998)
Report examining the exceptions to the exclusive rights of the copyright owners.

Computer Software Protection (1994)
Report on computer software protection.

Report on Journalists' Copyright (1994)
Report on Journalists' Copyright.
 
Conversion Damages (1990)
Report on Conversion Damages.

Importation Provisions (1988)
Report on the importation provisions of the Copyright Act.

Moral Rights (1988)
Report on Moral Rights.

Performers' Protection (1987)
Report on Performers' Protection.

Use of Copyright Materials by Churches (1985) Report on the Use of Copyright Materials by Churches.

Report on Reference Concerning the Meaning of  Publication in the Copyright Act  (1984)
Report on the meaning of Publication in the Copyright Act.

Other related reports

Intellectual Property and Competition Review Committee Report (Ergas Report) 
Report on Intellectual Property legislation under the Competition Principles Agreement published in 2000.

Review of Australian Copyright Collecting Societies (1995)
This document provides an electronic version of the report by Shane Simpson to the Hon Michael Lee MP, Minister for Communications and the Arts, and the Hon Duncan Kerr MP, Minister for Justice, that was published in June 1995.

Highways to Change: Copyright in the New Communications Environment (1994)
Report by the Copyright Convergence Group on technological advancement and the ability of legislation to cope with changes.

Copyright Law Committee on Reprographic Reproduction (the Franki Report) (1976)

Report to Consider what Alterations are Desirable in the Copyright Law of the Commonwealth (the Spicer Report) (1959)