Submission of the ALCC in response to the Attorney-General's Department Consultation paper: Extending Legal Deposit.

Since the recent Federal Court decision in Optus v NRL, which ruled that consumers could record free-to-air TV to the cloud for playback to their mobile phones, tablets, PCs and notebooks within the scope of private copying provisions of the Copyright Act, the football codes have been lobbying government fiercely for legislative amendment.

Joint submission from the ADA and ALCC in response to the Attorney-General's Consultation Paper on revising the scope of the safe harbour scheme in the Copyright Act 1968. The ADA and ALCC support the expansion of safe harbours to cover the range of service providers contemplated by the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA).

The ADA sought leave to be heard as an amicus curiae in High Court proceedings between Hollywood film studios and Australian ISP, iiNet Limited in December 2011. The case considered whether ISPs could be held liable for copyright infringements of their users. The film studios sought to establish that in failing to take any steps at all against identified copyright infringements by users of their services, iiNet effectively authorised the continued uploading of copyright works.

The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet called for responses in 2011 to its Cyber White Paper, a policy consultation outlining Australia's digital future. The ADA and ALCC submitted that for Australia to achieve its vision of becoming a leading digital economy by 2020, it must be supported by a flexible copyright framework that strikes a balance between protecting the interests of creators and allowing access to and use of works for the wider public interest in the advancement of learning, innovation, research and knowledge.

A Policy Paper prepared by Kimberlee Weatherall for discussion by the Australian Digital Alliance. It reflects on the legal environment conducive to investment in the technologies, products and services that make up the Digital Economy.

Joint submission by the ADA and ALCC to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy regarding the draft Terms of Reference for the Convergence Review. The submission highlights copyright regulation as a central issue in increasing Australians' access to content.

Submission of the ADA to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy's Consultation Paper "Digital Economy Future Directions". It supports an open access policy for public sector information and increased access to publically funded collections, as well as further flexibilities and safeguards in the Copyright Act for users and innovators.

Submission of the ADA to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy on consultation paper, Digital Economy Future Directions. 

The ADA successfully filed to participate as amicus curiae in High Court proceedings between IceTV and Nine Network Australia. The High Court handed down its decision in April 2009, finding that IceTV had not infringed Nine's copyright in its weekly schedule of programs after having used Nine's data to populate its own electronic program guides for use on digital televisions.