Submission: Draft Guidelines on the Infringement Notices and Forfeiture of Infringing Copies and Devices Scheme, Copyright Amendment Regulations 2006

Kimberlee G. Weatherall, University of Queensland, Australia

Abstract

Submission on the Draft Guidelines for the infringement Notices and Forfeiture of Infringing Copies and Devices Scheme produced by the Australian Attorney-General's Department. The submission deals with the scope of the scheme, the need for more case studies, issues of forfeiture, multiple offences, record-keeping, the appropriate individuals against whom notices should be issued, defences, factors relevant to the exercise of officers' discretion or the withdrawal of notices, and the standard of information provided to the public.