annual report - Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara

NZVCC ANNUAL REPORT 2008COMMITTEES, EXPERT GROUPS ANDWORKING PARTIES6. COMMITTEES, EXPERT GROUPS ANDWORKING PARTIES6.1 Copyright(Chair: Professor Peter Watts, University of Auckland)Other members of the committee were:Grant Wills AucklandMike Bondesio AUTSally Sleigh WaikatoMyles Stilwell MasseyTony Cuttriss VictoriaGail Pattie CanterburyLyndsay Ainsworth LincolnProfessor John Smillie OtagoJohn Katz QC acted as a member of the CopyrightNegotiating Team and provided legal advice to andacted on behalf of the committee as and when required.Melanie Johnson of the University of Auckland acted assecretary of the group and a member of the negotiatingteam. Other members of the negotiating team werePeter Watts and Grant Wills.2008 was a steady rather than a spectacular year in acopyright sense though legislative changes and licencenegotiations created considerable demands for adviceand submissions.for the licence. Universities remain able to copy fromoverseas newspapers for educational purposes underthe CLL licence.Although, on behalf of universities, the CopyrightNegotiating Team had made submissions with regard toa licence to copy and distribute music for the educationalpurposes of the universities, no responses were receivedfrom representatives of the music rights owners during2008. The negotiating team has been advised that thesediscussions will recommence in 2009.Changes to the Copyright Act which have the potentialto impact both positively and negatively on universitieswere passed in 2008.On the positive side it will be possible, for educationalpurposes, for universities to copy and communicatevia intranets to authenticated users (staff and students)works from websites.However, a number of other changes will cause seriouscompliance problems. These include the provisionsin section 92A, which require each university, as aninternet service provider, to have a policy to terminatethe internet account of a repeat infringer (who usesthe internet service to do a restricted act without theconsent of the copyright owner). Submissions seekingmore appropriate provisions have been made.The Screenrights licence continued to be a usefulmeans of obtaining copyright materials from broadcasts,but will have to be renegotiated in 2009 as a result ofamendments to the Copyright Act 1994.From 2009 the Copyright Negotiating Team, based inthe University of Auckland, will continue to providecopyright services for all universities acting throughnominated representatives in each university.The new Copyright Licensing Limited (CLL) licence,which derives from the 2003 licence, bedded downwithout major problems and will provide stability for thefive-year term, both in terms of cost and in the ability tocopy from print originals.During 2008 discussions continued with the PrintMedia Copyright Agency (PMCA) in an effort to settlethe terms of a licence to copy from New Zealandnewspapers. These discussions essentially concludedin December 2008 when the terms of a licence wereagreed. This licence comes into effect in 2009 andwill remain in effect until 31 December 2012 againgiving stability in terms of the copying permittedfrom New Zealand newspapers and the price paid6.2 Graduate Outcomes(Chair: Professor Stuart McCutcheon,Vice-Chancellor, University of Auckland)Other members of the working party were:Pamela Moss AucklandRichard Hall AUTGreg Middleton WaikatoShelley Paewai MasseyPage 17