Screenrights has collected $42 million in licensing revenue and other income for the film and television industries during 2013/14, with expenses at 14.91% of collections.
Former ABC director of television Kim Dalton has been appointed as a director of Screenrights - a multimillion dollar collection society which pays royalties to producers, writers and directors.
The Australian Writers' Guild's legal action against Screenrights, whom it alleges has failed to pay scriptwriters’ royalties, has been transferred to mediation.
Writer and former president of both the Australian Writers’ Guild and Australian Writers’ Foundation, Geoffrey Atherden, has been appointed a director of Screenrights.
Screen Producers Australia, among others, have lambasted its recommendations as both “reckless†and a threat to local content.
Organisations from across Australia's creative industries have urged the government not to adopt the Productivity Commission’s proposed changes to copyright law.
The government has argued the bill would simplify the copyright framework for the disability, education, library and archive sectors while still respecting the interests of copyright holders.
Copyright society Screenrights has launched an annual cultural fund, designed to foster the creation and appreciation of screen content in Australia and New Zealand, with the total pool of funds available in this year's round coming to $200,000.