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The last time to speak to Govt on copyright this year? 24 Jul 2013 | 09:31 am
Tomorrow the deadline for submissions on the Parallel Importing of films. Since 2003 cinemas have been in a blessed position by having their competitors severely limited. These competitors (DVD import...
Fair Deal international press briefing 20 May 2013 | 04:53 am
This morning Fair Deal international had a press briefing. The coalition is announced its expanded international network amidst the TPP negotiations in Lima, Peru, and the expanded coalition consists ...
Creative NZ ask for submissions on music funding priorities – have your say 24 Apr 2013 | 05:57 am
Creative New Zealand have offered a public discussion paper seeking submissions about how they support and develop New Zealand music and musicians. CFF are compiling a submission to CNZ in response to...
Our Submission to MBIE on Commercial Parallel Importing of DVDs 10 Apr 2013 | 03:57 am
You might not know it but New Zealand has a ban on commercial parallel importing of DVDs that were bought legally overseas. Australia doesn’t have a ban, and neither does the U.S. When the government ...
US Supreme Court upholds First-sale Doctrine. Importing books is not a copyright crime. 20 Mar 2013 | 01:36 am
Historically publishers tried to restrict the resale price of second-hand books by putting a notice specifying a minimum price in the cover of the book. Absurd, right? Well the US Supreme court agreed...
What BitTorrent Live means for kiwi artists: new CFF Trustee Dr. Dan James explains 18 Mar 2013 | 12:52 am
Over a decade ago, BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen revolutionised the way we download videos and other files in a time-efficient manner. Now he is one of the lead developers of a new protocol called Bi...
Save the date! Dec 8 Fair Deal event in Auckland 29 Nov 2012 | 12:45 pm
The 15th round of the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations will take place in Auckland from December 3rd to 12th. New Zealand artists are likely to be affected by provisions in the TPP dealing with ...
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS 8 Nov 2012 | 04:38 am
Could this be you? We’re looking for Kiwi artists who have made work (any media) that is relevant to issues of public domain (remaking old works), copyright and fair use (eg sampling). Works are to be...
A Fair Deal For NZ 12 Jul 2012 | 05:21 am
The CFF are glad to be part of a coalition of groups behind the Fair Deal campaign, focusing on copyright changes at stake in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. The Fair Deal campaign launched y...
Not In Our Name: ACTA defeated! 5 Jul 2012 | 06:18 am
ACTA was supposedly brought in to protect artists but it would have done more harm than good. Thankfully it’s been killed in a vote in the EU with 478 against and only 39 for. Strasbourg, July 4th 20...
