As announced back in May this year, the Australian government is funding research into the nature, impact and extent of criminal copyright infringement.
To be undertaken by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), the research will identify options for the Federal Government’s response to piracy and counterfeiting in the future.
What is Criminal Copyright Infringement in Australia? At the moment it’s generally limited to anything that involves commercial dealing and includes:
1 Making “an article” that infringes copyright
2 Distributing “an article” that infringes copyright, for trade or other purpose that prejudicially affects the rights holder;
3 Causing infringement on a commercial scale, even where the person involved makes no financial gain;
4 Causing the performance of copyrigthed material in a place of public entertainment;
5 Advertising the supply of infringing copies of computer programs;
6 Distributing “an article” in which “electronic rights management information” has been changed or deleted;
7 Dealing commercially with circumvention or broadcast decoding devices, or offering circumvention or broadcast decoding services;
8 Importing certain types of copyright material (films and books printed for commercial purposes) without permission.
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