Bill
Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-06-22. Communications portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Communications
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-03-22
- second reading — 2017-03-22
- second reading — 2017-03-28
- second reading — 2017-03-28
- third reading — 2017-03-28
- introduced — 2017-03-29
- second reading — 2017-03-29
- second reading — 2017-05-11
- second reading — 2017-06-15
- second reading — 2017-06-15
- third reading — 2017-06-15
- passed — 2017-06-15
- royal assent — 2017-06-22
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-03-22.
The bill would make it easier for people with disabilities to access copyright material, aligning Australia with an international treaty ratified in 2015.
It would replace existing disability exceptions and licences with a single fair dealing exception and a single statutory licence for organisations helping people with disabilities.
The bill would also set standard copyright terms for published and unpublished works, update preservation rules for libraries and archives, and simplify educational licences.
- Creates a single fair dealing exception for people with disabilities and those acting for them.
- Replaces multiple statutory licences for disability organisations with one exception.
- Modernises preservation exceptions for libraries, archives and cultural institutions.
- Consolidates and simplifies statutory licences for educational institutions.
- Allows copyright material to be included in online educational assessments.
- Sets standard copyright terms for published, unpublished and Crown materials.
People with disabilities, organisations assisting them, educational institutions, libraries, archives and cultural institutions.
Sources
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