Last month Image Makers Association Australia attended a two-day round table discussion on copyright reforms, held by the Department of the Federal Attorney General. The meeting was attended in roughly equal parts by representatives of those who own copyright and by representatives of those who use copyrighted material. The roundtable discussed three broad topics, being: orphaned works, remote learning and quotation. Generally speaking, all of the proposed changes to Australian copyright law would water-down existing copyright protections and make it easier for users of copyrighted material to obtain and use that material without the permission of, or payment to, the copyright owner. A more detailed summary of what was discussed at the meeting can be found on our website here.