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Federal arts minister Mitch Fifield has squashed any prospect of changes to copyright law in the wake of a draft Productivity Commission report that suggested cutting intellectual property from the current international standard of 70 years after the death of the author to 15-20 years after the work was published.
The idea had alarmed Australian writers who feared they'd lose copyright control during their lifetime. A growing campaign to fight any changes climaxed in Booker Prize-winning author Richard Flanagan railing against the Turnbull government in his keynote address at the Australian Book Industry Awards on Thursday night. businessinsider.com.au
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