Comments on: International Fair Use Day http://pipka.org/blog/2006/07/10/international-fair-use-day/ ... taking over the world like we always do! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:17:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1-alpha-10188 hourly 1 By: Mary http://pipka.org/blog/2006/07/10/international-fair-use-day/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Mary Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:18:46 +0000 http://pipka.org/blog/2006/07/10/international-fair-use-day/#comment-32 D'oh, sorry about the caps lock shocker. D’oh, sorry about the caps lock shocker.

]]> By: Mary http://pipka.org/blog/2006/07/10/international-fair-use-day/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Mary Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:18:02 +0000 http://pipka.org/blog/2006/07/10/international-fair-use-day/#comment-31 Australia does have extensive provisions for fair use (called 'fair dealing' in our Act), it's just that they don't include making complete copies of copyright works for personal use as in the US. See Division III (Acts not constituting infringements of copyright in works) of the <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/" rel="nofollow">cOPYRIGHT aCT 1968</a>. Australia does have extensive provisions for fair use (called ‘fair dealing’ in our Act), it’s just that they don’t include making complete copies of copyright works for personal use as in the US.

See Division III (Acts not constituting infringements of copyright in works) of the cOPYRIGHT aCT 1968.

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