Australian Picture and Copyright Association

• Sydney 29 October 2007
• Melbourne 16 November 2007

Developed and presented by experts from the publishing industry and with Ian McDonald, senior lawyer with the Copyright Council of Australia.

These one-day workshops will provide a much needed opportunity to understand better the importance of good permissions management and how and where you can manage the workflow and meet your obligations.

APA Professional Development Workshop 2007 - Seeking and Manageing Permissions

Picturehouse is a very special event to bring picture libraries and buyers together in a relaxed informal style. The event has been held for many years in London, Europe and the US and will now take place in Sydney on 12th September 2007 at studiotwenty4 in The Rocks between 11.30am and 6.30pm.

For buyers, the libraries that are exhibiting will be from small specialists to the more well known agencies and all will be offering a wide range of subject matter. Please come along and discover new image sources including some exhibitors from overseas.

For image libraries this is your chance to meet picture buyers on a one to one basis and reach over 100 image buyers in just one day. It is very important that the smaller and specialist libraries have a voice at this event and we would urge all libraries to take part. There are cost options for every budget and for early bookers there is a discount which is available until the end of July.

Please go to the website www.picturehouse.org for buyers to register for the event (it's free and includes food!) and if libraries are interested in taking part then please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information or make an enquiry via the website.

Picturehouse Invite

Cooper v Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd [2006] FCAFC 187

The Full Federal Court in Australia has now handed down their judgment in this significant case regarding the scope of secondary liability in copyright law.

The Court's judgement sets important case law regarding linking and authorisation.

The proprietor of the website (Cooper) was held liable for authorising infringement, having included hyperlinks to infringing MP3 files present on other websites.

Also found liable were the Internet Service Provider (ISP) that hosted the site, its director, and an employee.

The Copyright Amendment Act 2006 received Royal Assent on 11 December 2006. The following schedules are in now in force:

• Schedules 1 to 5 (new criminal provisions and enforcement measures) and Schedule 12 (technological protection measures): 1 January 2007
• Schedule 6 (private copying, "special case" exception, fair dealing, parody and satire, libraries)
• Schedule 7 (maker of communication)
• Schedule 8 (responses to Digital agenda Review: educational institutions)
• Schedules 10 and 11 (Copyright Tribunal);

Schedule 9 (encoded broadcasts) is due to be in force 28 days after Royal Assent