Coalition promises not to reduce copyright term

The Coalition has promised it will not reduce copyright to 15 years as recommended by the Productivity Commission.
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The publishing industry’s battle against copyright changes has taken a new turn with the Government promising it will not go ahead with at least one recommendation from the Productivity Commission. 

The Commission recently produced a draft report which recommended a raft of changes to copyright, including ​the reduction of copyright to between 15 and 25 years after publication, rather than 70 years after the death of the author.

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