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Griffin Press (PDF - 55k)

Submission DR439 for Copyright Restrictions On The Parallel Importation Of Books View full list


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Date received: 17 Apr 2009

Richard Tulloch (PDF - 6k)

Submission DR424 for Copyright Restrictions On The Parallel Importation Of Books View full list


Dear Commissioners,. Over a twenty five year career I have published more than sixty childrens' books with Australian publishers. Many of these have also been published overseas. I fear that the proposed changes to the parallel importation laws will

Date received: 17 Apr 2009

Alison Lester (PDF - 6k)

Submission DR431 for Copyright Restrictions On The Parallel Importation Of Books View full list


Dear Rulemakers, Please don't allow our foreign editions to be sold in Australia. It takes me a long time and a lot of hard work to make a book and i want to earn a fair return for my efforts. i certainly don't want the changes made to "fit" my

Date received: 17 Apr 2009

Jenny Ginsberg (PDF - 6k)

Submission DR466 for Copyright Restrictions On The Parallel Importation Of Books View full list


To whom it may concern Please reconsider the proposals to allow overseas publications into Australia at the same time as these are being published here! Australian publishing has a long and excellent history. Small Australian publishers and authors

Date received: 17 Apr 2009

Michelle Bini (PDF - 6k)

Submission DR488 for Copyright Restrictions On The Parallel Importation Of Books View full list


I remain opposed to the draft recommendations of the Productivity Commission. The recommendations would be unworkable and destructive in operation, and are not based on hard, verifiable evidence. The Productivity Commission's central recommendation -

Date received: 17 Apr 2009

Bethany Stapleton (PDF - 6k)

Submission DR495 for Copyright Restrictions On The Parallel Importation Of Books View full list


I, Bethany Stapleton remain opposed to the draft recommendations of the Productivity Commission. The recommendations would be unworkable and destructive in operation, and are not based on hard, verifiable evidence. The Productivity Commission's

Date received: 17 Apr 2009

Stingart (PDF - 6k)

Submission DR433 for Copyright Restrictions On The Parallel Importation Of Books View full list


To whom it may concern I have read many of the 330 submissions. I don't have much to add except that artists, illustrators, authors need to be valued and nurtured. Any time financial manipulation overpowers artistic expression the world for me

Date received: 17 Apr 2009

Deb Kandelaars (PDF - 9k)

Submission DR497 for Copyright Restrictions On The Parallel Importation Of Books View full list


I Deb Kandelaars of RK Media remain opposed to the draft recommendations of the Productivity Commission. The recommendations would be unworkable and destructive in operation, and are not based on hard, verifiable evidence. The Productivity Commission

Date received: 17 Apr 2009

Errol Broome (PDF - 6k)

Submission DR472 for Copyright Restrictions On The Parallel Importation Of Books View full list


As a writer of books for children for thirty years, I am disappointed (to put it mildly) at the Commission's decision to allow overseas imprints into our bookshops twelve months after release here. There's plenty of life in an Australian children's

Date received: 17 Apr 2009

Zeus Publications Australia (PDF - 7k)

Submission DR423 for Copyright Restrictions On The Parallel Importation Of Books View full list


We Zeus Publications remain opposed to the draft recommendations of the Productivity Commission. The recommendations would be unworkable and destructive in operation, and are not based on hard, verifiable evidence. The Productivity Commission’s

Date received: 17 Apr 2009

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