Minutes/Alternatives to Copyright Working Group/2016-03-10

Start: 21:45 10/03/2016 AEDT

Finish: 00:05 11/03/2016 AEDT

Decisions made

 * Attribution rights supported, but no decision as to length of time.
 * Right of integrity interferes with freedom of speech and should be either abolished or curtailed to the length of term.
 * Treaties that need to be renegotiated should be listed in the Foreign Policy.
 * No staggered rights (rights should stop, not gradually have their scope diminished).
 * Uniform term for all works.

More research

 * Threshold for originality/novelty for creative rights (similar to patent requirement).
 * Addressing DRM/TPMs (discussion ongoing).
 * Orphan works

Ideas canvassed

 * Government body empowered to declare whether a work has been orphaned.
 * Process suggested:
 * Apply for a work to be declared an orphan work.
 * Government body tries to contact the author.
 * After a period it can be declared an orphan work.
 * Might also be available as a defence.