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The Copyright Amendment (Film Directors' Rights) Bill 2005: A Submission To The Senate Legal And Constitutional Committee, Matthew Rimmer
The Copyright Amendment (Film Directors' Rights) Bill 2005: A Submission To The Senate Legal And Constitutional Committee, Matthew Rimmer
Matthew Rimmer
Despite Australia’s prodigious directing talent our Copyright Act operates under the legal fiction that there is no author of a film. Australian Screen Directors AssociationIn Australia, we've ignored the importance of directors and locked them out of copyright. Scott Hicks, the director of Shine and Snow Falling on CedarsHow can a producer be the creative force behind a work? What does he do exactly? There are very few producers who have any clue what goes on ... That's why film is such an abused medium. Paul Cox, the director of The Man of Flowers and MolokaiDirectors are key creative contributors …