Attorney-General Nicola Roxon this morning said that she had commissioned the Australian Law Reform Commission to conduct the review. She said it had been within the designing for a few time however its announcement nowadays was timely.
The review are going to be conducted by Professor Jill McKeough of the University of Technology, Sydney. Its terms of reference are expected to be announced shortly.
Yesterday, the chiefs of Australia's biggest sporting codes used their considerable clout to push for copyright law changes following a court ruling permitting Optus to broadcast delayed video of matches on its transportable network.
Last week, Optus won a landmark copyright case within the Federal Court, when the court dominated the telco may record and transmit free-to-air tv coverage of soccer and cricket matches over the net to its customers.
