The Australian government is completely ignoring an innovative legal reform on copyright

[1] Aimed at making access to online content even better, the federal government has publicized its draft changes to the Copyright Act of 1968.

[2] But the draft misses the “fair use” provisions which are highly favoured by the technology sector, and recommended by the Australian Law Reform Commission.

[3] Fair use is a legal concept that enables limited use of intellectual property without acquiring the copyright holder’s approval.

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