The Australian Productivity Commission has released a damning report of Australia’s copyright laws.
In a statement, the Commission effectively criticises George Brandis’ priorities, saying “the best antidote to copyright infringement is accessible and competitively priced online content, not draconian penalties and big brother enforcement“.
The Productivity Commission report shows Attorney-General George Brandis has been focussed on vocal overseas special interests rather than fixing a copyright system that has clearly lost its way.
The Commission has found that “action must be taken to rebalance Australia’s intellectual property (IP) arrangements”.
“A good IP system balances the interests of rights holders and users, but Australia’s system has swung too far in favour of vocal rights holders and influential IP exporting nations.”
“No matter how you measure it, Australia overwhelmingly imports more IP than it exports — and this gap is widening. Most of the profits from excessive IP rights flow offshore, while Australian consumers and taxpayers are left to pick up the tab,” said Commissioner Karen Chester.
Wow George, you’ve really dropped the ball on this stuff. It’s time to look out for the Australian interest not your special overseas interests.
You can make a submission to the Productivity Commission before it finalises its report at:
http://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/current/intellectual-property/make-submission
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