The proposition Copyright is Dead, Long Live the Pirates was put to the audience after a debate last night on intellectual property and the need to ensure creators of content are paid for their work.
Get to know the good men and women of Accidental Pirate better in this director's cut featuring actor Dan Wyllie.
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union for Australia's creative professionals, has expressed serious concern over recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission to overhaul Australia's copyright regime.
The Internet Society of Australia has called on the Federal Government to delay site blocking legislation while undertaking an independent study of the real extent of video piracy and its purported costs to the local industry.
Consumer organisation Choice is running a campaign against a "three-strikes" scheme, one of the anti-online piracy measures which it says the government is considering
Organisations from across Australia's creative industries have urged the government not to adopt the Productivity Commission’s proposed changes to copyright law.
"The Australian film and television sector would go from an internationally renowned industry... to a cottage industry overnight,†said SPA.
Internet Service Providers would be required to issue warnings to subscribers who are suspected of illegally downloading copyright material in a measure being considered by the federal government.