[LINK] Copyright law and the Internet Archive, Canberra, 3 April 2008

[Tom Worthington]

Matthew Rimmer is giving a free talk on copyright law and the 
Internet Archive, in the Digital Culture Series, at the National 
Library of Australia in Canberra, 12:30pm,  3 April 2008.  My 
comments on previous National Library Digital Culture talks: 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/labels/Digital%20Culture.html>.

>Back to the future: copyright law, Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine
>Dr Matthew Rimmer
>
>Internet Archive provides free 'universal access to human knowledge' 
>to researchers, historians, scholars and the general public. Their 
>delightfully named Wayback Machine provides access to websites that 
>have been significantly altered or may no longer exist. 
>Notwithstanding this altruistic endeavour, Internet Archive has been 
>embroiled in a number of policy debates over copyright law over the 
>extension of copyright term, 'orphan' works, take-down notices, 
>digital locks and large-scale digitisation projects. The Internet 
>Archive has also been involved in litigation as a plaintiff, a 
>defendant, and an amicus curiae (a friend of the court). In the 
>light of such policy debate and litigation, there is a need to 
>reform digital copyright laws so that digital libraries such as 
>Internet Archive can flourish - without fear of disruption from 
>copyright owners.
>
>Dr Matthew Rimmer is a senior lecturer and the director of Higher 
>Degree Research at the ANU College of Law, and an associate director 
>of the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture 
>(ACIPA). He holds a BA (Hons) and a University Medal in literature, 
>and a LLB (Hons) from the Australian National University, and a PhD 
>in law from the University of New South Wales. Rimmer is a member of 
>the Copyright and Intellectual Property Advisory Group of the 
>Australian Library and Information Association, and a director of 
>the Australian Digital Alliance.
>
>Dr Rimmer will be introduced by Laura Simes, Copyright Advisor, 
>National Library of Australia
>
>Date: Thursday 3 April 2008
>Time: 12.30 to 13.30
>Venue: Library Theatre
>This talk is free and open to everyone.
>
>Bobby Graham
>Web Content Manager
>Web Publishing Branch, IT Division
>National Library of Australia ...
><http://www.nla.gov.au/>www.nla.gov.au




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