Title: The True History of Copyright: The Australian Experience 1905-2005
Abstract: The gramophone companies lion Position of the main parties Outline of proceedings The ABC "A noisome weed" The gramophone companies oppose a tribunal Rationale for the radio ban -the mechanical performance right Paying to listen "A dragon, devastating the countryside" APRA's objections to the proposed tribunal and method of determining fees The commercial radio stations Support for APRA Necessity for controls over performing right Power to create a tribunal and nature of tribunal APRA's reporting obligations Keating on the gramophone companies The question of the public interest