Australia's Crown use of copyright law

by James Packard Love

Australia has a special provision in its copyright law for crown use.

Division 2--Use of copyright material for the Crown
182B. Definitions
182C. Relevant collecting society
183. Use of copyright material for the services of the Crown
183A. Special arrangements for copying for services of government
183B. Payment and recovery of equitable remuneration payable for government copies
183C. Powers of collecting society to carry out sampling
183D. Annual report and accounts of collecting society
183E. Alteration of rules of collecting society