Minutes/Alternatives to Copyright Working Group/2015-11-19

Start: 20:30 19/11/2015 AEST

Finish: 22:30 19/11/2015 AEST


 * Copyright Act is long, complicated, covers more than copyright, has inconsistencies and is fundamentally outdated.
 * Is copyright the best we can do?
 * The Working Group is to consider the viability of repealing the Copyright Act and replacing it with more suitable legislation.
 * This is a ground-up approach to achieving the goals of copyright, rather than simply reforming a broken system.
 * Agreement to use the term 'original works' to reflect what is intended to be protected.
 * Outcomes and specific questions to be interpreted as broadly or narrowly as each Working Group member sees fit.
 * Agreement to adopt outcomes: see http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/alt-copyright-policy
 * Agreement to adopt specific questions: see http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/alt-copyright-policy
 * Working Group members to individually research and answer questions as they choose.
 * Next meeting set for Thursday 26 November at 20:30 AEDT.