After acting in the position more than six months, James Dickinson has been officially named Screenrights chief executive.
After more than two and a half years, the Australian Writers’ Guild Authorship Collecting Society (AWGACS), Australian Writers’ Guild and Screenrights have settled their Federal Court dispute.
Screenrights has announced the first three projects it will back via the cultural fund it established earlier this year, which aims to support projects which foster the creation and appreciation of screen content in Australia and New Zealand.
Screenrights chief executive Simon Lake, who has headed the organisation for two decades, has resigned in order to deal with a serious health issue.
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.
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.
Organisations from across Australia's creative industries have urged the government not to adopt the Productivity Commission’s proposed changes to copyright law.
Screen Producers Australia, among others, have lambasted its recommendations as both “reckless†and a threat to local content.