[LINK] Copyright Agency Meeting on Digital Publishing and Payments to Authors in Canberra

[Tom Worthington]

Staff of the Copyright Agency Limited will talk about the results of 
their digital publishing survey and new direct payments for authors, at 
a "CALconnect meeting" for members in Canberra, 27 July 2011: 
<http://www.copyright.com.au/Latest_News/CAL_connecting_with_members_in_Canberra.aspx>.

In their "Digital Publishing Trends Survey" (May 2011), CAL found that 
about half the authors and publishers create digital products, but many 
publishers don't have a digital strategy: 
<http://www.copyright.com.au/Latest_News/CAL_releases_results_from_digital_publishing_trend.aspx>.

CALdirect is a new system for distributing shares of fees collected on 
licensed work to the various rights holders. Previously CAL made just 
one payment, usually to the publisher, who then had to distribute shares 
to others (such as authors). The new system could change the balance of 
power between publishers and authors: 
<http://www.copyright.com.au/assets/documents/CALdirect%20introductory%20guide%20for%20authors.pdf>.

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"Got a question for CAL? Well you can ask it in person at CAL’s upcoming 
CALconnect meeting in Canberra on Wednesday 27 July – where you can 
discuss any CAL related questions you may have.

Eloise Nolan and Rosanna Arciuli from CAL’s Membership team will also be 
talking about our digital publishing survey, and CAL’s new way to pay 
members – CALdirect – and what it means for you.

CALconnect events are about sharing information and updates with members 
while also giving you the opportunity to meet up with other creators in 
your city. These meetings are open to all CAL members and provide an 
excellent opportunity to network, share ideas and talk about issues that 
are relevant to content producers. ..."
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From: "CALconnect meeting", Copyright Agency Limited, 2011


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Tom Worthington FACS CP HLM, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150
PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia  http://www.tomw.net.au
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science, The
Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/
Visiting Scientist, CSIRO ICT Centre: http://bit.ly/csiro_ict_canberra