Open Access to Judgements: Creative Commons Licences and the Australian Courts
Journal article
Fitzgerald, Anne M., Hooper, Neale, Foong, Cheryl and Fitzgerald, Brian. (2012). Open Access to Judgements: Creative Commons Licences and the Australian Courts. Murdoch University Law Review. 19(1), pp. 1 - 46.
Authors | Fitzgerald, Anne M., Hooper, Neale, Foong, Cheryl and Fitzgerald, Brian |
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Abstract | Internet technologies have fundamentally changed the way we obtain access to legal documents and information about the law. However, for judgments of courts and tribunals, copyright management and licensing practices have not kept pace with the digital and online technologies which are now ubiquitous in the web 2.0 era. Under the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 and the licensing statements on the Australian courts' websites, judgments may generally be read online, downloaded, reproduced and printed out for personal, non-commercial use or "in house" use by an organisation. However, beyond these permitted acts, the extent to which judgments can be copied and distributed in digital form online remains unclear. Open content licences (in particular, the Creative Commons (CC) licences) offer an effective mechanism for managing copyright in judgments in a manner that supports their wide public dissemination and reuse while also protecting their integrity and accuracy. |
Year | 2012 |
Journal | Murdoch University Law Review |
Journal citation | 19 (1), pp. 1 - 46 |
ISSN | 1839-2393 |
Web address (URL) | https://ssrn.com/abstract=2485483 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Page range | 1 - 46 |
Research Group | Thomas More Law School |
Author's accepted manuscript | File Access Level Open |
Grant ID | ARC/CE0561908 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8527y/open-access-to-judgements-creative-commons-licences-and-the-australian-courts
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AM_Fitzgerald_2012_Open_access_to_judgements_Creative_commons.pdf | |
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