Copyright in australia essay

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The Copyright Act 2006 contained important amendments to copyright laws which the companies especially those in the IT industry among others should familiarize themselves with them in order to be on the safe side of the law. The amendments related to; copyright enforcement such as strict liability, summary and indictable, copying sound recordings for both domestic and private use, technological protection measures which sought to implement the Australia United States Free Trade Agreement which relates to measures to protect advancing technology, a new fair dealing defense for parody and satire, the scope of the copyright tribunal and the special exception for uncommercial processes by educational institutions and libraries (Weatherall, 2015). Additionally, another amendment occurred in 2000 (Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000) which had objectives such as; ensuring there is efficient operation by the required industries in regard to the online environment, promotion of certainty for communication and IT sectors which offer access via online to copyright materials and offer reasonable access and certainty to end users of copyright materials in online, and adherence to relevant worldwide technical standards in regard to IT and communication (Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 (n.

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d). Report to management The amendments of the copyright laws of 2006 have been enacted into law and any violation of the same will make our company liable and punished for infringement by the government. Get licenses- for recordings, photographs among other materials which the company may need to use in its advertisement among other activities. For instance, to avoid sound recording by individuals outside the company and time shifting of TV and Radio programs, the company should ensure its employees and the company acquires the license to use. Compliance-when employees through their companies are licensed to use certain work, they are advised to do a thorough reading of the terms of use in order to avoid copyright issues because other licenses have limitations and lead to copyright infringement due to t lack of adherence to the rules for use hence fined and the company becomes liable.

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