Australia, in common with many other jurisdictions, is currently attempting to revise its copyright law in order to respond to challenges said to be posed for copyright law in the digital environment. The first step in this revision was the publication in 1997 of the Government's Discussion Paper, Copyright Reform and the Digital Agenda¹. The consultative process initiated by this Discussion
... [Show full abstract] Paper has now spawned two drafts of the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Bill².
This paper considers the approaches taken by the Digital Agenda Bill to the issue of royalty-free copying of digital material. The paper focuses upon the related areas of copying by individuals under the fair dealing regime and copying by libraries and archives.