The Australia-US free trade agreement’s impact on Australia’s copyright trade policy.
The Australia-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) required extensive changes to Australian copyright law. This paper assesses the impact of these changes one decade on. It considers, first, whether the costs and/or benefits predicted in 2004 have eventuated, finding clear evidence that AUSFTA has undes...
| Published in: | Australian Journal of International Affairs Vol. 69; no. 5; pp. 538 - 559 |
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Oct2015
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=109421580&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 109421580 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10357718 UAF jtl: Australian Journal of International Affairs issn: 10357718 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Oct2015 vid: 69 iid: 5 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 109421580 10.1080/10357718.2015.1048778 ppf: 538 ppct: 21 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 527KB tig: atl: The Australia-US free trade agreement’s impact on Australia’s copyright trade policy. aug: au: Weatherall, Kimberlee su: Free trade Copyright International copyright Intellectual property Commercial treaties Australia sug: subj: Australia Free trade Copyright International copyright Intellectual property Commercial treaties keyword: AUSFTA copyright policy trade agreements ab: The Australia-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) required extensive changes to Australian copyright law. This paper assesses the impact of these changes one decade on. It considers, first, whether the costs and/or benefits predicted in 2004 have eventuated, finding clear evidence that AUSFTA has undesirably constrained domestic copyright policy, but no clear evidence either of the feared financial costs to society, or, importantly, the touted benefits to copyright owners. The most significant impact of AUSFTA’s copyright provisions, however, appears to have been on Australia’s copyright trade policy. Pre-AUSFTA, Australia promoted multilateral standards and mostly sought to comply with, but not exceed, international IP standards. Post-AUSFTA, Australia has pursued an approach akin to that of the US: endorsing international copyright rules that are significantly stronger, and more detailed. The paper queries whether this shift has been in Australia’s national interest, and raises interesting questions of path-dependence in policymaking and trade negotiations that warrant more, and broader attention in the literature. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Australian Journal of International Affairs is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Australian Journal of International Affairs holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2015 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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