House of Representatives Committees

| House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications

Footnotes

Chapter 1 Introduction

[1]       Deloitte Access Economics, The Connected Continent: How the internet is transforming the Australian Economy, August 2011, executive summary, http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-Australia/Local%20Assets/Documents/Services/ Corporate%20Finance/Access%20Economics/Deloitte_The_Connected_Continent_Aug_2011.pdf, viewed 21 June 2013.

[2]       Australian Bureau of Statistics, Media Release, 162/2011, 15 December 2011, http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mediareleasesbyReleaseDate/180CCDDCB50AFA02CA257522001A3F4B, viewed 20 June 2013.

[3]       Australian Bureau of Statistics, Summary of IT Use and Innovation in Australian Business, 2010-11, 26 June 2012, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/372A095FBDBCC2B9 CA257A2800145B72?opendocument, viewed 21 June 2013.

[4]       Roy Morgan, Research, Internet Banking Surpasses Branch Visitation, 23 May 2011, http://www.roymorganonlinestore.com/News/1346---UInternet-Banking-Surpasses-Branch-Visitati.aspx, viewed 21 June 2013.

[5]       ‘Online sales reach a trillion’, The Age, 11 April 2013, http://www.theage.com.au/small-business/online-sales-reach-a-trillion-20130411-2hmks.html, viewed 21 June 2013.

[6]       Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Submission 55, p. 1.

[7]       Transcripts of the Committee’s public hearings can be found at: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=ic/itpricing/hearings.htm.

[8]       Suzanne Campbell, Committee Hansard, 30 July 2012, pp. 2, 5.

[9]       Committee Hansard, 29 October 2012, p. 12170.

Chapter 2 Price discrimination and consumer impacts

[1]       Treasury, Submission 85, p. 6.

[2]       Committee Hansard, Canberra, 31 October 2012, p. 10.

[3]       Productivity Commission, Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry, 2011, p. 155. http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/113761/retail-industry.pdf, viewed 25 June 2013.

[4]       Committee Hansard, Canberra, 31 October 2012, p. 9.

[5]       Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 1.

[6]       Treasury, Submission 85, p. 6.

[7]       Committee Hansard, Canberra, 31 October 2012, p. 9.

[8]       Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 August 2012, p. 3.

[9]       Dane Weber, Submission 8, p. 2.

[10]     Knorr, Eric and Galen Gruman, ‘What cloud computing really means’, 7 April 2008, InfoWorld http://www.infoworld.com/print/34031, viewed 13 June 2013.

[11]     ‘How the Subscription Model with change your business applications,’ Forbes, 20 January 2012, http://www.forbes.com/sites/danwoods/2012/01/20/how-the-subscription-economy-will-change-your-business-applications/; and ‘The Subscription software revolution’, SmartCompany, 9 May 2013, http://www.smartcompany.com.au/tech-head/055441-the-subscription-software-revolution.html, viewed 13 June 2013.

[12]     Australian Industry Group, Submission 56, p. 2.

[13]     Nicholas Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, p. 6.

[14]     Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Submission 55, p. 11.

[15]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 November 2012, p. 1.

[16]     See, for example, Charles Gutjahr, Submission 43, p. 6.

[17]     Further details on Australian warranties can be found on the Australian Competition and Consumer website: http://www.accc.gov.au/business/treating-customers-fairly/warranties and Consumer Guarantees: A guide for business and legal practitioners, 2010, http://transition.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=964215&nodeId=e16d444b734b11d82b151a17f657780a&fn=Consumer%20Guarantees%20a%20guide%20for%20businesses%20and%20legal%20practitioners.pdf.

[18]     Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Submission 55, p. 9.

[19]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 24.

[20]     See for example, Choice, Submission 75, p. 37, and Erin Turner, Committee Hansard, 19 September 2012, p. 6.

[21]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 September 2012, pp. 6-7.

[22]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 September 2012, p. 11.

[23]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 August 2012, p. 4.

[24]     Analysis prepared by Committee, based on submissions received throughout inquiry.

[25]     Choice, Submission 75, p. 4.

[26]     Productivity Commission, Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry, 2011, p. 145.

[27]     The Treasury, Submission 85, p. 3.

[28]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 1.

[29]     Australian Industry Group, Submission 56, p. 2.

[30]     Microsoft, Submission 67, p. 2.

[31]     Australian Recording Industry Association, Submission 93, p. 3.

[32]     Productivity Commission, Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry, 2011, p. 89.

[33]     Productivity Commission, Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry, 2011, p. 89.

[34]     Australian Bureau of Statistics, Correspondence, 10 July 2012, p. 1.

[35]     Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 88, pp. 2-3.

[36]     Choice, Submission 75, p. 23.

[37]     Choice, Submission 75, pp. 23-24.

[38]     Douglas Linacre, Submission 103, pp. 1-2.

[39]     Phil Festa, Submission 20, p. 1.

[40]     See, for example, Daniel Myles, Submission 33, p. 17, regarding costs for digital cameras and accessories.

[41]     Daniel Myles, Submission 33, pp. 10, 16-17.

[42]     Andrew Boisen, Submission 3, p. 1.

[43]     Choice, Submission 75, pp. 16-18.

[44]     Choice, Submission 75, pp. 18-19.

[45]     ACCAN, Submission 74, pp. 14-16.

[46]     Choice, Submission 75, pp. 18-19.

[47]     See, for example, Daniel Myles, Submission 33, p. 14; Kyle Ridley-Smith, Submission 61, p. 1; Paul Barker, Submission 70, p. 1.

[48]     Nnooo, Submission 114, p. 2.

[49]     Daniel Myles, Submission 33, pp. 10-15.

[50]     Nnooo, Submission 114, p. 4.

[51]     Nnooo, Submission 114, pp. 2, 4.

[52]     Ron Rennex, Submission 104, p. 1.

[53]     Paul Bicknell, Submission 39, pp. 1-2.

[54]     Cybertext Consulting, Submission 35, p. 3.

[55]     Choice, Submission 75, p. 19.

[56]     ACCAN, Submission 74, p. 17.

[57]     Barry Napthine, Submission 25, p. 1.

[58]     Pierre Rousseau, Submission 110, p. 1.

[59]     Greg Keeley, Submission 102, p. 1.

[60]     J Mahuika, Submission 68, p. 1.

[61]     Greg Bell, Submission 63, p. 1.

[62]     James Rudd, Submission 40, p. 3.

[63]     James Rudd, Submission 40, p. 1.

[64]     David Poole, Submission 77, p. 1.

[65]     Leonard Cronin, Submission 99, p. 1.

[66]     Apple Media Releases, 3 April 2008, http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/04/03iTunes-Store-Top-Music-Retailer-in-the-US.html; and 25 February 2010, http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/02/25iTunes-Store-Tops-10-Billion-Songs-Sold.html.

[67]     Apple Media Release, 6 February 2013, http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2013/02/06iTunes-Store-Sets-New-Record-with-25-Billion-Songs-Sold.html.

[68]     Choice, Submission 75, pp. 7-10.

[69]     Choice, Submission 75, pp. 10-11. None of the albums compared in the Choice submission is a new release – all have therefore been on the market for a substantial amount of time.

[70]     Committee Hansard, 30 July, p. 25.

[71]     Choice, Submission 75, p. 12.

[72]     Productivity Commission Inquiry Report: Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry, 2011, p. XXIII.

[73]     Choice, Submission 75, pp. 13-15.

[74]     Choice, Submission 75, p. 13.

[75]     Daniel Myles, Submission 33, pp. 6-9.

[76]     Dane Weber, Submission 8, p. 1.

[77]     Dmitry Brizhinev, Submission 30, p. 2.

[78]     Scott Sutherland, Submission 46, p. 1.

[79]     Matthew Kermeen, Submission 48, p. 1.

[80]     Scott Nelson, Submission 4, p. 1.

[81]     Brendan Sherrin, Submission 29, p. 2.

[82]     Scott Sutherland, Submission 46, p. 1.

[83]     Australian Digital Alliance/Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Submission 95, p. 6.

[84]     Jeff Burgess, Submission 49, pp. 1-2.

[85]     John Dulley, Submission 44, pp. 2-5.

[86]     Julie Jester, Submission 47, p. 2.

[87]     Andrew Leigh MP, Submission 76, p. 1.

[88]     The nature of the ‘digital divide’ and the ‘digital dividend’ have been well canvassed, and the current inquiry does not seek to duplicate or revise earlier observations and conclusions.

[89]     Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 6.

[90]     Care Inc, Submission 131, p. 2.

[91]     Care Inc, Submission 131, p. 3.

[92]     Care Inc, Submission 131, p. 3.

[93]     Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 7.

[94]     Connecting Up, Submission 111, p. 1.Connecting Up website, viewed 12 June 2013, http://www.connectingup.org/donations.

[95]     Connecting Up, Submission 111, pp. 1-2.

[96]     Connecting Up, Submission 111, p. 2.

[97]     Background information can be found at the Universities Australia website at: http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/page/6/australia-s-universities/.

[98]     Monash University, Submission 87, p. 2.

[99]     CAUDIT website: http://www.caudit.edu.au/about-caudit.

[100]   Monash University Annual Report 2012, p. A64, http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/ar/, viewed 13 June 2013.

[101]   Monash University, Submission 87, p. 2.

[102]   Monash University, Submission 87, p. 2.

[103]   Monash University, Submission 87, p. 3.

[104]   Monash University, Submission 87, pp. 1-2.

[105]   Monash University, Submission 87, p. 2.

[106]   Monash University, Submission 87, p. 3.

[107]   Monash University, Submission 87, p. 3.

[108]   Monash University, Submission 87, p. 3.

[109]   Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 9; Faye Galbraith, Submission 78, p. 1.

[110]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 September 2012, p. 2.

[111]   ‘Assistive Computer Devices and Access Aids for PC’, Disabled World, http://www.disabled-world.com/assistivedevices/computer/, viewed 13 June 2013.

[112]   Faye Galbraith, Submission 78, p. 1.

[113]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 September 2012, p. 2.

[114]   Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 10.

[115]   Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 11.

[116]   Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 11.

[117]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 September 2012, p. 2.

[118]   Australian Digital Alliance/Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Submission 95, p. 14.

[119]   Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 11.

[120]   Faye Galbraith, Submission 78, p. 1.

[121]   Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 11.

[122]   Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, p. 59; Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 12.

[123]   Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, p. 60.

[124]   Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, p. 59.

[125]   Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, p. 8.

[126]   Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 12.

[127]   ‘Accessible Communications: Tapping the potential in public ICT procurement policy’ Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, http://accan.org.au/files/Accessible_ Communications_Report_Accessible.doc, viewed 13 June 2013.

[128]   Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 12.

[129]   Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 12.

[130]   ‘Accessible Communications: Tapping the potential in public ICT procurement policy’ Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, http://accan.org.au/files/ Accessible_Communications_Report_Accessible.doc, viewed 13 June 2013.

[131]   Australian Digital Alliance/Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Submission 95, p. 5.

[132]   ‘The Little Book of Libraries’, Australian Library and Information Association, http://www.alia.org.au/sites/default/files/documents/advocacy/ALIA.Little.Book_.of_.Public.Libraries_pdf.for_.web_.pdf , viewed 13 June 2013, p. 12.

[133]   Australian Digital Alliance/Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Submission 95, p. 5.

[134]   Australian Digital Alliance/Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Submission 95 p. 5.

[135]   Australian Digital Alliance/Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Submission 95, pp. 5-6.

[136]   Australian Digital Alliance/Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Submission 95, pp. 5-6.

[137]   Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 14.

[138]   Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 14.

[139]   Nnooo, Submission 114, p. 2.

[140]   James Rudd, Submission 40, p. 2.

[141]   Peter Larkins, Submission 53, p. 3.

[142]   Australian Commercial and Media Photographers, Submission 54, p. 3.

[143]   Chrisopher Shain, Submission 57, p. 2.

[144]   Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 30.

[145]   Nicholas Fox, Submission 122, p. 1.

[146]   Timson, Lia, ‘Adobe kills packaged software, bets on cloud alone’, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 May 2013. http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/cloud/adobe-kills-packaged-software-bets-on-cloud-alone-20130507-2j4ht.html, viewed 7 May 2013.

[147]   Finley, Klint, ‘Unhappy Customers want to Parachute from Adobe’s Creative Cloud’, Wired, 14 May 2013, http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/05/adobe-creative-cloud-petition/?cid=co7887814, viewed 14 May 2013.

[148]   Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 79, p. 1.

[149]   Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 79, p. 3.

[150]   Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 79, p. 5.

[151]   Choice, Submission 75, p. 43.

[152]   Productivity Commission, Restrictions on the Parallel Importation of Books, June 2009, p. XVIII.

[153]   Productivity Commission, Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry, 2011, Appendix E.

Chapter 3 Explanations for IT price differences

[1]       Russell Zimmerman, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 27.

[2]       Australian Information Industry Association, Submission 73, pp. 5-6.

[3]       Suzanne Campbell, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 1.

[4]       Productivity Commission, Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry, 2011, p. 156.

[5]       Productivity Commission, Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry, 2011, p. 163.

[6]       Tony King, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 1.

[7]       Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 27.

[8]       Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Submission 55, p. 4.

[9]       Microsoft, Submission 67, p. 3.

[10]     Australian Information Industry Association, Submission 73, p. 5.

[11]     Australian Home Entertainment Distributors Association, Submission 58, p. 3.

[12]     Productivity Commission, Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry, 2011, C.3-C.8.

[13]     Productivity Commission, Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry, 2011, C.6-C.7.

[14]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 4.

[15]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 28.

[16]     Productivity Commission, Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry, 2011, p. 148.

[17]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 6.

[18]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 4.

[19]     Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Submission 55, p. 9.

[20]     Molly Lai, Submission 6, p. 1.

[21]     Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Submission 55, p. 9.

[22]     Australian Industry Group, Submission 56, p. 5.

[23]     Molly Lai, Submission 6, p. 1.

[24]     Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Submission 55, p. 6.

[25]     Australian Industry Group, Submission 56, p. 4.

[26]     Microsoft, Submission 67, p. 2.

[27]     Adobe, Submission 81.1, p. 2.

[28]     Apple, Submission 62, p. 1.

[29]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 33.

[30]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 33.

[31]     Australian Information Industry Association, Submission 73, p. 4.

[32]     Adobe, Submission 81.1, p. 2.

[33]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 29.

[34]     Microsoft, Submission 67, p. 3.

[35]     Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Submission 55, p. 7.

[36]     Australian Industry Group, Submission 56, p. 5.

[37]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 10.

[38]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 15.

[39]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 16.

[40]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, pp. 16-17.

[41]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 1.

[42]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 40.

[43]     Stephen Delvecchio, Submission 12, p. 1.

[44]     Samuel Lymn, Submission 51, p. 2.

[45]     Duncan Wallace, Submission 19, p. 2.

[46]     Microsoft, Submission 67, p. 3.

[47]     Apple, Submission 62, p. 1.

[48]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 2.

[49]     Australian Recording Industry Association, Submission 93, p. 1.

[50]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 17.

[51]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 5 October 2012, p. 3.

[52]     Universal Music Australia, Submission 129, p. 4.

[53]     Australian Recording Industry Association, Submission 93, p. 2.

[54]     Australian Recording Industry Association, Submission 93, p. 2.

[55]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 5 October 2012, pp. 2-3.

[56]     Universal Music Australia, Submission 129, p. 5.

[57]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 5 October 2012, p. 4.

[58]     Universal Music Australia, Submission 129, p. 6.

[59]     Universal Music Australia, Submission 129, p. 2.

[60]     Australian Recording Industry Association, Submission 93.1, pp. 1-2.

[61]     Matthew Kermeen, Submission 48, pp. 1-2.

[62]     Zhiliang Huang, Submission 2, p. 3.

[63]     Mark Sinclair, Submission 23, p. 1.

[64]     Daniel Myles, Submission 33, p. 21.

[65]     Julie Jester, Submission 47, p. 3.

[66]     Jeff Burgess, Submission 49, p. 3.

[67]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, pp. 10-11.

[68]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 11.

[69]     Australian Publishers Association, Submission 66, p. 2.

[70]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 3.

[71]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 6.

[72]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 10.

[73]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 8.

[74]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 15.

[75]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, pp. 31-32.

[76]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 32.

[77]     Australian Home Entertainment Distributors Association, Submission 58, p.1.

[78]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 35.

[79]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, pp. 35-36.

[80]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 38.

[81]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 32.

[82]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 38.

[83]     Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 8.

[84]     Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 8.

[85]     Australian Industry Group, Submission 56, p. 2.

[86]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 30 July 2012, p. 3.

[87]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 17.

[88]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 18.

[89]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 15.

[90]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 15.

[91]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 35

[92]     Choice, Submission 75, p. 26.

[93]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 23.

[94]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 24.

[95]     Magnus Stensson, Submission 71, p. 1.

[96]     Christopher Shain, Submission 57, p. 1.

[97]     Graeme Kitney, Submission 117, p. 1.

[98]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 13.

[99]     Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, pp. 73-79.

[100]   Australian Information Industry Association, Submission 73, p. 4.

Chapter 4 Copyright, circumvention, competition, and remedies

[1]       Nicholas Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, p. 2.

[2]       Treasury, Submission 85, p. 7.

[3]       Nicholas Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, p. 2.

[4]       Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, ACCC submission to the ALRC Copyright and the Digital Economy Issues Paper, November 2012, p. 2.

[5]       Intellectual Property and Competition Review Committee (also known as the Ergas Committee, after its Chair, Professor Henry Ergas), Review of intellectual property legislation under the Competition Principles Agreement, 2000, p. 33.

[6]       Intellectual Property and Competition Review Committee, Review of intellectual property legislation under the Competition Principles Agreement, 2000, p. 33.

[7]       Choice, Submission 75, p. 36.

[8]       Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, pp. 16-19.

[9]       Intellectual Property and Competition Review Committee, Review of intellectual property legislation under the Competition Principles Agreement, 2000, p. 62.

[10]     Intellectual Property and Competition Review Committee, Review of intellectual property legislation under the Competition Principles Agreement, 2000, p. 7.

[11]     Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, p. 24.

[12]     Productivity Commission, Restrictions on the Parallel Importation of Books, 2009, p. 7.19.

[13]     Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, ACCC submission to the ALRC Copyright and the Digital Economy Issues Paper, November 2012, p. 11.

[14]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 13 February 2013, p. 2.

[15]     Choice, Submission 75, p. 36.

[16]     Australian Digital Alliance/Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Submission 95, p. 3.

[17]     Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, p. 29.

[18]     Nichols Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, p. 4.

[19]     Kimberlee Weatherall, Submission 127, p. 4.

[20]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 8.

[21]     Australian Home Entertainment Distributors Association, Submission 58, p. 1.

[22]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 13 February 2013, p. 10.

[23]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 13 February 2013, p. 8.

[24]     Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, ACCC submission to the ALRC Copyright and the Digital Economy Issues Paper, November 2012, p. 11.

[25]     Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 100.1, pp. 1-2.

[26]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 5 October 2012, p. 4.

[27]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 9.

[28]     Australian Recording Industry Association, Submission 93, p. 2.

[29]     Universal Music Australia, Submission 129, p. 2.

[30]     Universal Music Australia, Submission 129, p. 2.

[31]     Australian Home Entertainment Distributors Association, Submission 58, pp. 3-4.

[32]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 15.

[33]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 15.

[34]     The Sky is Rising, 2012, Michael Masnick and Michael Ho, Exhibit 1, p. 2.

[35]     The Sky is Rising, 2012, Michael Masnick and Michael Ho, Exhibit 1, p. 9.

[36]     The Sky is Rising, 2012, Michael Masnick and Michael Ho, Exhibit 1, pp. 2-3.

[37]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 32.

[38]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 34.

[39]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 33.

[40]     Nicholas Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, p. 3.

[41]     Nicholas Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, pp. 2-3.

[42]     Nicholas Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, pp. 2-3.

[43]     Including Kye Ridley-Smith, Submission 61, p. 1. As mentioned earlier in this report, more than half of the submissions to the inquiry were from consumers, many of whom expressed these concerns.

[44]     Nicholas Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, p. 4.

[45]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 13 February 2013, p. 4.

[46]     Attorney-General’s Department, Submission 124, p. 2.

[47]     Australian Copyright Council, Submission to the Attorney-Generals Department on Technological Protection Measures, August 2012, p. 3.

[48]     As an example, the Advanced Access Content Licensing System Licensing Administrator, in Re: Review of Technological Protection Measure exceptions, October 2012, p. 1, argues that copyright holders would not be willing to offer content for consumers’ enjoyment without protection against ready infringement.

[49]     Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, p. 30.

[50]     Kimberlee Weatherall, Submission 127, pp. 7-8.

[51]     Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, p. 44; Ariel Bogle, Exhibit 2, p. 9.

[52]     Nicholas Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, p. 4.

[53]     Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, pp. 31-32.

[54]     Australian Digital Alliance/Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Submission 95, pp. 12-13.

[55]     Australian Digital Alliance/Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Submission 95, p. 13.

[56]     Nicholas Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, p. 5.

[57]     Cyberworld Publishing, Submission 34, p. 2.

[58]     Nicholas Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, p. 6.

[59]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 September 2012, p. 14.

[60]     Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, p. 6.

[61]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 September 2012, p. 14.

[62]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 September 2012, p. 7.

[63]     Stuart Skene, Submission 52 , p. 1; Scott Nelson, Submission 4, p. 1; Dmitry Brizhinev, Submission 30, p. 1.

[64]     Daniel Myles, Submission 33, p. 5.

[65]     Nicholas Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, p. 6.

[66]     Attorney-General’s Department, Submission 124 , p. 2.

[67]     Attorney-General’s Department, Submission 124, p. 2.

[68]     Kimberlee Weatherall, Submission 127, p. 9.

[69]     Kimberlee Weatherall, Submission 127, p. 9.

[70]     Kimberlee Weatherall, Submission 127, p. 10.

[71]     Stevens v Kabushiki Kaisha Sony Computer Entertainment (2005) 221 ALR 448.

[72]     Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, p. 41.

[73]     Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, pp. 49-50.

[74]     Australian Digital Alliance/Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Submission 95.1, pp. 1-2.

[75]     Kimberlee Weatherall, Submission 127, p. 12.

[76]     Kimberlee Weatherall, Submission 127, p. 5.

[77]     Choice, Submission to the Review of Technological Protection Measure Exceptions Made Under the Copyright Act 1968, available at www.ag.gov.au/Consultations/Documents/Choice%20 Submission.doc, viewed 23 January 2013.

[78]     Australian Digital Alliance/Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Submission 95.1, p. 1.

[79]     Kimberlee Weatherall, Submission 127, p. 12.

[80]     Kimberlee Weatherall, Submission 127, pp. 12-13.

[81]     Matt Minogue, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 13 February 2013, p. 4.

[82]     Attorney-General’s Department, Submission 124, p. 3.

[83]     Australian Recording Industry Association, Submission 93, p. 2.

[84]     Attorney-General’s Department, Submission 124.1, p. 1.

[85]     Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 100.1, p. 2.

[86]     Nichols Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, p. 5.

[87]     Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, p. 94.

[88]     Nichols Suzor and Paula Dootson, Submission 121, p. 6.

[89]     Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 100, p. 1.

[90]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 September 2012, p. 15.

[91]     Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, ACCC submission to the ALRC Copyright and the Digital Economy Issues Paper, November 2012, p. 31.

[92]     Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, ACCC submission to the ALRC Copyright and the Digital Economy Issues Paper, November 2012, pp. 31-32.

[93]     Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 100, p. 1.

[94]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 6.

[95]     Choice, Submission 75, p. 5.

[96]     Australian Digital Alliance/Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, Submission 95.1, p. 1.

[97]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 6.

[98]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 22 March 2013, p. 30.

[99]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 31 October 2012, p. 16.

[100]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 31 October 2012, p. 11.

[101]   Attorney-General’s Department, Submission 124, p. 3.

[102]   Attorney-General’s Department, Submission 124, p. 3.

[103]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 31 October 2012, p. 4.

[104]   Attorney-General’s Department, Submission 124, p. 3.

[105]   Treasury, Submission 85.1, p. 1.

[106]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 31 October 2012, p. 5.

[107]   Treasury, Submission 85, p. 8.

[108]   Treasury, Submission 85, p. 10.

[109]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 31 October 2012, p. 16.

[110]   Committee Hansard, Sydney, 30 July 2012, p. 24.

[111]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 September 2012, p. 1.

[112]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 September 2012, p. 6.

[113]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 September 2012, p. 7.

[115]   Choice, Submission 75, p. 37.

[116]   Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Submission 74, p. 9.

[117]   Australian Industry Group, Submission 56, p. 6.

[118]   Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, p. 81.

[119]   Matthew Rimmer, Submission 92, p. 84.

[120]   Attorney-General’s Department, Submission 124, p. 1.

[121]   Quoted in Kimberlee G. Weatherall, 2011, An Australian Analysis of the February 2011 Leaked US TPPA IP Chapter Text - copyright and enforcement, http://works.bepress.com/ kimweatherall /22, viewed 7 December 2012, p. 5.

[122]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 13 February 2013, p. 9.

[123]   Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Report 126: Treaty tabled on 21 November 2011, June 2012, pp. 57-62.

[124]   Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Report 126: Treaty tabled on 21 November 2011, June 2012, p. 55.

[125]   Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Report 126: Treaty tabled on 21 November 2011, June 2012, pp. 60-61.

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