Saturday, 9 December 2006

BL6: CUFADM02A Posting: “Piracy, Consumers And The Digital Age” Podcast

Question 1: Provide details about the Program Presenter, Story Researcher / Producer, and the four Guests.
· Presenter of Program: Paul Barclay
· Story Researcher and Producer for Program: Julie Browning
· Guests that appeared on Program:
The Hon Philip Ruddock MP - Federal Attorney General
Dr Melissa deZwart - Law School, Monash University
Dr Matthew Rimmer - College of Law, ANU
Dr David Brennan - Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

Question 2: Provide an Overview of FOUR DIFFERENT KEY ISSUES discussed by the GUEST SPEAKERS.
The Hon Philip Ruddock MP
· 02.50 - 09.45
· Talks about why we have copyright
· Free trade agreement (extending periods, obligations to protect technical measures)
· Courts fair use arrangements and what needs to be included for the future of media
Replies to Callers:
· Sally - addressed the issues of balance between private use and illegal distribution
· Ruddack said he will look at the draft before passing the bill

Dr Matthew Rimmer
· 10.15 - 12.45
· Concerns from Apple and Google (no fair use)
Replies to Callers:
· Discussed that the Australian government looked at the US laws and tried to make a balance between US laws and Australian Laws on copyright

Dr David Brennan
Replies to Callers:
· Payment of use and other ways of getting royalties back for the distributor and artist
· Free-to-Air advertising is one example of payment

Dr Melissa deZwart
Replies to Callers:
· Addresses the problems in which the legislation has been drafted. There are lots of grey areas which the drafts needs to consider
· Need time to fix the legislation draft

Question 3: Provide an overview of FOUR DIFFERENT ISSUES raised by LISTENERS RINGING INTO THE PROGRAM.
The First Caller called in at 13.15 - 14.30, Sally from Lismore, whom raised the issue about “Legislation saying you can only have one copy at a time for fair use”.

The Second Caller called in at 14.35 - 15.50, Josh in Sydney, raised two issues. The first issue was “Record company figures at highest ever” and the second issue was “People becoming their own distributors via file sharing”

The Third Caller called in at 15.55 - 17.20, Kevin in Moowollemba, raised two issues also. The first issue was about, “Whether copyright law should be abolish?” and the second issue was about, “A fair days pay for a fair days work”.

The Fourth Caller called in at 17.25 - 18.30, Arthur in Canberra, raised four issues when he called in. The first issue was about, “Holding copyright on material you can't buy”, the second, was about when the copyright expired “70 years after the composers death”. The third issue, “If the material is not available, how can it be justified on holding copyright on a material you cannot buy”. The fourth and last issue he raised was about “People who won't sell their copyrighted material, so people will obtain it illegally”.

Question 4: Provide the Website Title and Website Address of ABC Radio National’s website that provides access to all of their MP3 audio and Podcast services.
· Radio National: Audio Downloads: Pod casting and MP3s
· http://www.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/default.htm

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