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Australian Productivity Commission Proposes Text & Data Mining Exception To Copyright Infringement For AI Training

In response to a request to identify ‘priority reforms' under the Australian Government's productivity growth agenda, on 5 August 2025 the Productivity Commission released an interim report...

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

An overview of how to classify video games and films

Recent reforms to the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 (the Act).

Australia Media & IT

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Managing Partner Intro Roadmap24

In 1957, a computer composed a string quartet for the first time. Today, we can listen to a new Beatles song, decades after John Lennon passed away...

Australia Technology

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Schoenherr Attorneys at Law

Legalities and costs of hosting a music festival in New South Wales

In NSW, festivals deemed 'subject' events must comply with approved policing and safety management plans.

Australia Media & IT

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Who is liable when art forgery is uncovered – the auction house, the seller, or the buyer's agent? Which case won?

Australia Media & IT

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Stacks Law Firm

OK, Computer: AI, Music And IP Law In Australia

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Davies Collison Cave

Emma And Rebekah Talk IP: Nothing New? Copyright In Pop Music (Podcast)

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Full Federal Court Dismisses Corner Hotel Appeal

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Davies Collison Cave

NSW Police blame Australian drill rappers as a scapegoat for Sydney's gang violence

Australia Criminal

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

Pollies Want A Rapper: When Politics And Music Collide

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Davies Collison Cave

Music & Patents Part 1: Why Should Musicians Consider Patent Protection?

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Davies Collison Cave

Are You Experienced? Five Lessons Musicians Can Learn From The Jimi Hendrix Lawsuit

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Davies Collison Cave

Does the music streaming industry need regulating?

Australia Media & IT

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Carroll & O'Dea

The Future Is Here: NFTs & Music Merchandising In The Digital Arena

Australia Technology

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Davies Collison Cave

AS4000:2025 – What is all the fuss about?

Australia Real Estate

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Swaab

Visa Rules When Changing Employer Sponsors

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Skilled Visa Salary Thresholds To Increase To 4.6% From 1 July 2025

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Senate Inquiry 2025: Tackling Greenwashing And Restoring Trust In Sustainability Claims

Australia Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Michael Byrnes appeared on Breakfast with Tim Webster on 2SM on 23 July 2025 to discuss workplace relationships and that Coldplay concert

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Stones Get Satisfaction In Bad Faith Trade Mark Opposition Win

Pretty much everything you need to establish a bad faith ground of opposition in Australia.

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Davies Collison Cave

Song Plays On For ‘The Jazz Corner' After ‘The Corner' Falls Short In Trade Mark Dispute

These included (amongst others) Crowded House, Powderfinger and Men at Work.

Australia Media & IT

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Davies Collison Cave

Music copyright infringement: Twisted Sister says - We-re Not Gonna Take It

Before you play a song in public, it's wise to seek legal advice and ensure you have the original creator's permission.

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Stacks Law Firm

Flagrant Copyright Infringement: Boomerang Investments Pty Ltd v Padgett (Liability) [2020] FCA 535 (24 April 2020)

Boomerang Investments Pty Ltd v Padgett (Liability) [2020] FCA 535 is a case of "flagrant" copyright infringement of the musical work in the iconic song ‘Love is in the air' ("Love").

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Davies Collison Cave

No Laughing Matter: Parody Songs And Australian Copyright Law

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Davies Collison Cave

Merchandising Intellectual Property For Musicians

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Davies Collison Cave

Making The Screen Your Stage: Understand Your IP Rights When Using Online Streaming Services

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Davies Collison Cave

Copyright Agency to provide an additional $375,000 in funding to Australian artists and writers, with more funding to follow

Australia Coronavirus

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McCullough Robertson

If youre having alphabet problems, I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but my ABCs arent one.

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Marque Lawyers

I knew you were trouble when you walked in: the blank space between Taylor Swift and her master recordings

Australia Media & IT

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Marque Lawyers

Internet (almost) killed the video star: Federal Court grants orders to block ripping of music videos

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Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

Entertainment: Holding Redlich: expert guide to the 2018 federal budget

Australia Media & IT

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Holding Redlich

Sound advice – How not to be a Slave - when signing a record contract

Australia Commercial

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Carroll & O'Dea

Belvoir St Theatre: performance rights via social media: Opinion Piece

Australia Media & IT

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Carroll & O'Dea

Internet (almost) killed the video star: Federal Court grants orders to block ripping of music videos

This is a robust, efficient tool for Australian copyright owners to tackle the problem of online copyright infringement.

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Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

Entertainment: Holding Redlich: expert guide to the 2018 federal budget

Key points of the federal budget from the perspective of entertainment. .

Australia Media & IT

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Holding Redlich

Sound advice – How not to be a Slave - when signing a record contract

In a recent meeting with journalists, Prince said "record contracts are just like – I'm gonna say the word - slavery.

Australia Commercial

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Carroll & O'Dea

Belvoir St Theatre: performance rights via social media: Opinion Piece

The Belvoir St Theatre secured permission from American musician Taylor Swift to use her smash hit song "Shake It Off".

Australia Media & IT

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Carroll & O'Dea

From vinyl to digital - the second hand digital music market and implications for copyright

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Spruson & Ferguson

Sound-alikes: How Close To The Sun Can You Fly Following The Kookaburra Case?

Can you use two bars of music without permission? While the question may seem straightforward, the answer following the Federal Court’s decision of Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Publishing Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 29 ("Kookaburra Case") is not.

Australia Media & IT

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Addisons

Men at Work’s hit song Down Under infringes copyright in folk song Kookaburra

Justice Jacobson of the Federal Court has ruled that the 1981 hit song, Down Under by Men at Work, infringed copyright in the well known Australian folk song, Kookaburra, written in 1934.

Australia Media & IT

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Hunt & Hunt

Licensed Premises Update: Commencement Of Important Changes To Approval Of POPEs

Important changes to the process and substance of Place of Public Entertainment (POPE) approvals are about to commence.

Australia Government

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Gadens Lawyers

Intellectual Property News

Intellectual property news in Australia and Internationally

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Minter Ellison

Copying Your Favourite CD Can Now Be Legal

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Spruson & Ferguson

When Copy Controls Upset Customers, It´s Time For New Tune

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Swaab

"You´re Nicked! Now Cuff ´Im Boys And Put ´Im In The Paddy Wagon."New Criminal Offences For Copyright Infringement Will Catch Out Big And Small Players Alike

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Marque Lawyers

Is P2P Going Legal?

Australia Media & IT

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Freehills

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