Copyright Agency Magazine Issue 1, 2013

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ISSUE 1, 2013

NEWS Breaking the News The influence of social media Road trip Artists in regional Australia

Contents

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Editor’s note

Copyright Agency News

Industry Update Access all areas

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Cover Story Newsrooms in transition

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Cultural Fund Update NSW Premier’s Copyright Agency Creativity and Innovation Scholarship Griffith Review revives the art of the novella

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Licensee Profile Murdoch College

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Membership Member survey Claim Once

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Artists’ Update John Fries Memorial Prize The Stanleys

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Welcome to the first edition of Copyright Agency Magazine for 2013.

As we take a look around us, it has become increasingly obvious that we live in a world dominated by the internet, social media and the desire for constant connectivity. We also have a voracious appetite for news and current affairs from around the world.

The Pew Research Centre in the US recently published research indicating the majority of people are now getting their news online. Our news consumption has also increased as we take advantage of being plugged in, which in turn, has strengthened the value of traditional news brands and long form journalism.

It’s not surprising then to hear that Australian newsrooms are in transition and jostling to keep pace with the technology giants who currently deliver news to your desktop, to your smart phone and to all your other mobile devices.

Technology is providing us with new and exciting opportunities to share great Australian content and I hope you will enjoy reading our feature story.

In 2012, the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund reached a milestone – one made possible through the support of our members – the investment of more than $12 million into the cultural community since 1995. We sneak a peek at some of the latest projects supported on page 8.

But that’s not all we’ve been doing. Copyright Agency has also been busy strengthening our position in the visual arts sector with our recent work alongside Viscopy. You can read more about that in our artists’ update on page 11.

Until next time, enjoy.

Kris Harrison Managing Editor

Recapping another year The Copyright Agency AGM was held in Sydney on 28 November. Publisher director Mr Rodney Martin stepped down from the Board having served his maximum term on the Board.

The AGM welcomed the newly elected publisher director, Ms Eleanor Curtain. Ms Curtin is Managing Director and Publishing Director of Eleanor Curtain Publishing, an award winning independent Australian company which has now been operating for over 21 years.

Full profiles of Copyright Agency board members can be found online.

Copyright Agency is also please to report on our activities for 2011-12. We reached a number of milestones and our annual report provides an overview of some of these achievements.

More people than ever before are copying and sharing content

by Australian creators and this was reflected in the record distribution to members of $141.6 million. Membership has grown to more than 24,000 and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund has invested more than $12 million into the cultural community since 1995. We encourage you to take a look.

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Copyright Agency News

Creative Industries Career Fund recipients announced

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spoken-word poet, an installation artist, four writers and a photographer are just some of the talented creators who will be taking their careers to the next level thanks to the Creative Industries Career Fund.

Eight successful applicants from around Australia will share in $18,550 through the latest round of Creative Industries Career Fund grants, which provide support for people working in the creative industries to build their professional skills and participate in career development opportunities.

The recipients include David Stavanger, a spoken-word poet from Queensland who will attend workshops in Edinburgh and St Andrews, including mentoring sessions via podcast interviews.

Installation artist Kate Geck will use her funding for a four week residency at Imagine Gallery in Beijing, where she will attend a two week intensive workshop in 3D printing, laser cut textiles and interactivity during which she will trial her new skills in the creation of a work Other successful applicants are: • VIC artist Tom Dunn will participate in a residency at LOSTprojects in Manila where he will be mentored by founder and painter David Griggs.

• VIC writer Andy Jackson will be

ALRC inquiry update As part of its inquiry into copyright and the digital economy, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has now received 267 submissions: 235 from organisations and 32 from individuals.

The main submissions seeking changes that would adversely affect the interests of Copyright Agency|Viscopy members are those from: • the education sector (representatives of schools, universities and TAFEs) • public libraries, archives, galleries and museums • online service providers (ie. Google, eBay) Submissions from the education sector are seeking changes to the copyright legislation to reduce the payment they currently make to the creators of the content they use.

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participating in a Summer Writing Program at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in the USA with a focus on inter-arts collaboration.

• VIC writer Glenice Whitting will receive funding for a residency and mentorship to develop her manuscript at Varuna, The Writers’ House – Australia’s only national writers’ centre.

• SA writer Angela Kingston will participate in the 2012 Penguin Varuna Development Scholarship which includes editorial assistance with her literary mystery novel based on Oscar Wilde’s childhood.

• NSW photographer Abdul Hekmat will participate in photographic workshops with the Australian Centre for Photography.

• NSW editor and writer Rosanna Stevens will participate in a three month editorial training opportunity in San Francisco with McSweeneys publishing company.

The Creative Industries Career Fund supports Australian creators working in the creative industries to develop skills to enhance their careers and is part of the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund which aims to encourage and support Australia’s cultural community.

To find out more, visit www.copyright. com.au/cultural-fund

The public collections are seeking broader exceptions to allow them, without payment, to digitise content in collections, publish content online, and supply copies to members of the public.

In some cases, these uses are currently covered by licensing solutions that include fair payment to content creators.

Online service providers want to limit their responsibility for uses of copyright content carried on their services.

Other submissions include many from our members. For more on the submissions, see our webpage here. Our submission is here.

The ALRC is now consulting with a range of groups and will release a Discussion Paper with draft proposals in the first half of 2013. The final report is due in November 2013.

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Copyconnect: coming to a city near you IGC discussions held at WIPO headquarters, Geneva.

The International connection Copyright Agency | Viscopy work within a network of international partnerships around the world including the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Patricia Adjei, copyright lawyer and Indigenous communications coordinator from Copyright Agency | Viscopy participated in the 22nd session of the Intergovernmental Committee on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore (IGC) at WIPO. This session focussed on traditional cultural expressions and the enhanced protection of Indigenous artistic works such as arts and crafts, songs and stories. This is of special relevance to our Indigenous members, particularly in relation

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to their traditional stories, artworks, spiritual beliefs and practices.

As part of the work we do in the broader rights management area, Copyright Agency | Viscopy is dedicated to protecting Indigenous cultures, traditions and incomes and is proud of the education programs we continue to deliver for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, students and arts organisations throughout Australia.

Further work will continue on this committee, and it is hoped that through that work, a treaty will be implemented to improve the protection of Indigenous cultural expressions and traditional knowledge will be agreed by all signatories in 2013.

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opyright Agency holds Copyconnect activities around the country with recent events in Adelaide on 7 November and in Brisbane on 13 December 2012.

Independent publishers, authors, illustrators, editors and a literary agent met with Membership Manager Rosanna Arciuli most recently in Brisbane.

Rosanna briefed members on the highlights from Copyright Agency’s annual report and the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) Inquiry into copyright and the digital economy.

She also spoke about more practical membership issues including the online member facility and registering works for direct payments.

Copyconnect events are about sharing information and updates with members while also giving you the opportunity to meet with other creators in your city.

These meetings are open to all Copyright Agency members and provide an excellent opportunity to network, share ideas and talk about issues that are relevant to all content producers.

We’ll be planning more Copyconnect events in most capital cities around Australia in 2013. Keep an eye out for an email invitation from us or our events page on the website. www.copyright.com.au

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Industry Update

Copyright Trish Adjei 2011

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een there? Done that? The days are long, the locations far-flung and after a while, the passenger windows of the car begin to look more like cinema screens with the miles between locations seemingly endless. Welcome to the road trip.

Most readers would be familiar with Darwin, Cairns, Broome, Alice Springs and Mornington Peninsula.

Many would probably know Ceduna, Carnarvon and Port Headland.

But how about Hermannsburg, Roebourne, Kintore, Haasts Bluff and Papunya? I am sure some of the places visited last year by Copyright Agency | Viscopy will be difficult for many to locate on a map.

With the steady increase in recent years of arts and writing festivals around Australia, you could be forgiven for thinking everyone was now plugged in to their creative communities. Yet visits to some of these remote towns are sometimes the very beginning of the engagement process and involve meetings done face-to-face. Trust is an important part of this process to ensure accurate information about rights management is delivered to the artists, their families and their communities who rely on income derived from their creative outputs.

For many writers and artists, intellectual property in their creative output is one of their most valuable and enduring assets. There are four key areas in which we work with our members, particularly in remote areas:

Top: Trish Adjei conducting workshop at Tangentyere Arts Centre.

Left: Tjala Arts wills trip, APY Lands, SA. Below: Road to Palm Valley, NT.

• Promoting the awareness of importance of copyright and effective rights management • Raising the profile of the artists’ resale royalty scheme, particular in areas with high resales or the potential for qualifying resales • Copyright licensing training • Providing assistance through partnerships with organisations like Arts Law Centre of Australia delivering training and wills drafting sessions to Indigenous artists Copyright Agency | Viscopy works with arts, legal and Indigenous groups across Australia to both listen and understand the needs of those within the community as well as deliver important education and practical skills workshops where needed.

Changing a flat tyre between Ernabella and Fregon communities in the APY lands because the red dust corrugated road was so tough it shredded the tyre on the 4WD and avoiding the bushfires that burnt out near the Amata community are just some of the obstacles overcome in these trips. Yet these form an important and valuable part of connecting with Australian creators. It has been a remarkable journey so far.

2013 will be an interesting year as we continue along the faded grey of the bitumen, the rough corrugated tracks of rich red dust or the steady undulation of grazing and farming country travelling to the regional and more remote areas within Australia to foster these relationships and connect with our members.

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cover story

NEWS ROOMS IN TRANSITION

Chris Warren, Federal Secretary of the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance

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n March 1803, a man by the name of George Howe, a convict transported to Australia to serve his sentence for shoplifting, printed Australia’s first newspaper from a modest shed located at the rear of Government House.

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser was a weekly publication and included official notices, crime reports, auction results, private notices as well as an assortment of literature and poetry. It is said that the editor collected local news through an anonymous ‘slip box’ left out the front of the store.

In many ways, the basics of journalism haven’t really changed since those early days with some of the great breaking stories kicked off through anonymous tips provided to

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journalists; it is just that the slip box, like many other things these day, has gone digital.

The way we consume our news and our expectations about the skills set of journalists have also changed.

Today’s journalists not only write, they edit, take photos, record video, tweet, blog and many other things as well. And gone is the traditional news cycle; news breaks 24/7 and on multiple platforms.

Newspapers are now struggling for relevance as mainstream news brands respond to the internet-driven changes in user behaviour. The good news is that publishers around the world are responding and their business models are being reformulated in efforts to remain as relevant in a digital age as they were in the past.

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and relevance to an audience is more important than ever before.

As a result, the most valuable commodity in this new paradigm is the journalists themselves, those who have built that trust and their brand value with their audience.

Those newsrooms that are doing well are learning to leverage social media more effectively. Training new as well as more established

journalists in multi-platform content creation is critical to the success.

Chris Warren, Federal Secretary of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) says, ‘journalists need to be highly-skilled, resourceful and able to pull together the elements of a story in new ways. The Media Alliance has been focussing on employers to incorporate digital operations into editorial newsrooms and ensure journalists are properly trained and equipped. We’ve also created our own training courses, with support from Copyright Agency, to assist journalist acquire new skills that allow them to use the new tools: to record, edit and upload audio and vision, to utilise social media tools and incorporate new story-telling capability into their stories.’

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voice speaking to the many, often promoting or demoting and filtering stories into a structured, purposefully arranged news product for the front page of tomorrow’s newspaper.

Editors used to decide what to publish and when.

In the digital age, the race to be first is more important than ever, but there are now more people with access to publishing platforms. Blink and you will miss that ‘media first’ as someone somewhere breaks the news with a tweet, a Facebook post or a YouTube clip. Exclusivity is gone.

Warren says, ‘Newsrooms are transforming with an emphasis now on publishing digitally first with follow-up analysis, commentary and implications being worked on as each story evolves. It means a new way of working utilising new skills of story-telling, using new tools and introducing greater interactivity with the audience.’

Newsrooms are now engaged in the many to many conversations bringing up-to-minute news and events from the other side of the world into our immediate vicinity, and increasingly, delivered directly to our connected mobile devices.

A combination of ‘old school’ journalism with modern technology allows journalists to reach out to readers and gauge opinions while still riding the phone, pounding the pavement and getting into the communities where news is happening.

Fundamentally, journalism is about telling a great story. Warren says, ‘in an information-rich and highlycompetitive environment the need for high-quality ethical journalism is greater than ever.’ Newsrooms and the journalists within them are still guided by the overarching principles of reliability and accuracy in reporting because it is not just about being first, it is about getting it right.’

The systems and processes within these businesses are also evolving to streamline content production, to avoid duplication and to enhance the overall news consumption experience.

The full value of social media is yet to be realised by many mainstream newsrooms and the question of monetising news is a difficult one.

The cost of developing quality journalism isn’t cheap and has been a topic of discussion for some time.

Newspapers sold print advertising around news stories to help fund these costs. With the drive to go digital, all the major players have websites and the appeal to turn content into a commodity designed to drive sales leaves limited value in content for content’s sake.

Copyright Agency acknowledges there is an important role to play in creating a sense of value around the content that is created. International players like The Wall Street Journal have had pay walls around their news content for some time as has The Australian. But readers still need to be convinced that this is work to be respected and rewarded and many digital natives are still to concede that paying for content is right.

This year the MEAA has established a coalition of online and small publishers together with Copyright Agency to provide support for publishers and journalists in the online sector. This will include advice, assistance and training for publishers and journalists as the industry goes through this rapid evolution and restructure.

Without a viable business model, the production of quality journalism will not be affordable or will need to be financed through philanthropy or through government funded platforms like SBS and ABC. Without doubt, consumers, newsrooms of journalists, government policy makers and media corporations need to agree on the level of investment in news and current affairs that a contemporary digital community needs. Without agreement and confirmed investment, there will be limited development in new talent to share our important and unique Australian stories like those first published by George Howe in the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser in 1803.

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cultural fund update

Patrick Spiers: scholarship winner

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Griffith REVIEW revives the art of the novella

The Griffith REVIEW’s Annual Fiction Edition featuring THE NOVELLA PROJECT

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says Spiers.

‘We design programs this way to stimulate students’ use of their high-order thinking skills.’

Taking learning outside of the classroom allows Spiers to creatively enhance the learning environment. In place of a worksheet, students are given an iPad or camera to record their observations. Students from different areas are also encouraged to work together through video conferencing and simultaneous data collaboration.

Spiers and his students make full use of interactive technologies including internet forums, wikis, blogs and Skype.

‘I’d like to help future generations to develop as creators, networkers and problem-solvers.’

Spiers will use his scholarship funds for an international study tour of educational institutions in order to investigate how the best teachers foster student creativity and innovation, especially in the context of sustainability and education.

riffith REVIEW has embarked on a project to encourage writers to help revive one of the richest and most rewarding literary forms, the novella.

Longer and more complex than a short story but shorter than a novel, novellas are condensed tales that are detailed, reflective of the times and perfect to read in one sitting. Some of the best-known and most-loved novels are really novellas – A Clockwork Orange, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Heart of Darkness, Of Mice and Men, to name a few.

With the support of the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, the Griffith REVIEW’s NOVELLA PROJECT encourages Australian writers to experiment with this dynamic form of story-telling. The Cultural Fund Committee were particularly interested in this project’s ambition to develop a new market for writers using an old form – the novella’s length making it perfect for delivery on tablet devices.

Griffith REVIEW’s Annual Fiction Edition features six of the best from the project. These gritty tales with unique

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ormer science teacher Patrick Spiers was recently awarded the NSW Premier’s Copyright Agency Creativity and Innovation Scholarship.

The $15,000 scholarship open to teachers in NSW primary or secondary schools or TAFE Institutes supports overseas study in any curriculum area related to creativity and innovation. It provides the scholarship recipient with the opportunity to learn from world leaders in their chosen fields of study and to place Australian classrooms at the forefront of educational practice.

Spiers is a teacher at Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre, an organisation he describes as ‘fun, adventurous and intellectually rigorous.’

Spiers has designed several outdoor learning experiences to teach students of all ages about the environment they live in. He aims to arm students with innovative ways to tackle life’s challenges.

‘Many of the tasks or investigations the students face when visiting Field of Mars EEC for an excursion remain open-ended, meaning there is rarely a set answer or an outcome which is right,’

characters and a distinctive Australian perspective, herald a new golden age for the novella where it can be both anthologised in print, and offered individually via eRetailers: • The water of life by Mary-Rose Maccoll explores the rippling consequences of a single moment of distraction.

• Glad by Lyndel Caffrey poignantly recreates the bleak Melbourne winter of 1923.

• Intimate distance by Katerina Cosgrove combines a portrait of strife-torn Greece with a tale of tortured love.

• An end to hope by Ed Wright tells the tragic story of a spirited teenager torn between love and duty in wartime Japan.

• A minor loss of fidelity by Christine Kearney embraces the complexities of the mythic and contemporary reality of life in East Timor.

• River Street by Jim Hearn cooks up a challenging and gritty tale of a junkie in trouble.

Grab a copy now to experience this incredible collection of stories.

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Licensee profile

MURDOCH COLLEGE

Well-known for its mining boom, crisp blue waters and beautiful sunsets, Perth, on the west coast of Australia, is also home to Copyright Agency licensee, Murdoch College.

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s a leading secondary, co-educational and non-denominational college, Murdoch College stands out from other secondary colleges not least of which because it shares a campus, facilities and academic expertise with Murdoch University which paves the way for students to comfortably move from secondary to tertiary studies.

This unique, collaborative education initiative between the Alexander Education Group and Murdoch University offers high quality teaching and learning to students making full advantage of the best of their combined resources.

High-tech equipment, motivated teaching staff, the latest curriculum initiatives, access to premium content, optimum class sizes, individualised student support and a dynamic learning environment provide an ideal combination for academic achievement.

Community outreach is also an important aspect of life at Murdoch College. Student activities include the Youth Action Committee, fundraising for selected charities, peer teaching at primary schools and student hosting of community based conferences.

As a long standing Copyright Agency licensee, Murdoch College believes a statutory copyright licence allows content to be reproduced and shared in a simple and straight-forward way without risk of infringement.

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Diana McGivern, Principal at Murdoch College, says that content from books, journals, newspaper articles and websites is used on a day-to-day basis and is essential to allow teachers to teach the most relevant and contemporary information available.

‘The statutory licence managed by Copyright Agency supports our teaching approach at Murdoch. It gives us access to the world of information in a range of formats that allow our teachers to really connect with our students.’

‘As we transition between printed and digital content, we have the luxury of sharing the most up-todate, quality and reliable information while still allowing our teaching staff the creative freedom to deliver in ways that resonate with students.

Ultimately, this licence delivers solutions.’

Copyright Agency works closely with all licensees to ensure licence schemes meet the adapting needs of educational institutions, government, businesses and a variety of other organisations. For more information about the range of licences available through Copyright Agency, visit www.copyright.com.au

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Membership

Member survey

Claim Once

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opyright Agency members no longer to need to claim ownership of a work each time it appears in a Copyright Agency distribution made through their online account.

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ate last year, Copyright Agency conducted its annual survey of members on a range of issues and you were forthcoming in sharing your experiences. As we wrap up one year and begin the next, here are some of the highlights.

The 2012 survey was sent out to almost 24,000 members and received nearly 4,000 responses.

Copyright Agency members include publishers, visual artists, authors, journalists, photographers and, for the first time, the survey included responses from Viscopy members.

The majority of respondents reported high levels of satisfaction with Copyright Agency and Viscopy and provided some valuable insights. In the coming months, you will find developments introduced across the business and through the website following this feedback.

Some of these areas include a greater transparency about how we conduct business and the ability to easily find information about who we are, what we do.

Again, one major area of interest was eBooks and digital publishing.

Members who identified as professional publishers now see this as a dominant part of their business.

Writers and visual artists are also embracing this technology.

Among those involved in digital publishing, piracy concerns have increased and is reported as the most serious, followed by market domination of large multinational distributors like Apple, Amazon and Google. A lack of technical expertise and digital marketing skills has also grown perhaps as result of greater activity in this area.

A more detailed report will be published shortly.

Thanks to our claim once service, members will only need to claim their entitlement to any payments allocated to a particular work the first time it appears in a distribution.

By claiming the rights to a work and accepting the warranty confirming that you are authorised to claim payment for the use of that work, you undertake to pay the correct share on to any other rightsholders of the work.

Under the claim once service, if you are allocated payment for the use of that same work in the future, you will automatically receive that payment from Copyright Agency, unless we are notified otherwise and only applies to works that are not registered for

the direct payment service that launched in late 2011.

If you are required to share your Copyright Agency payments with other rightsholders, then we recommend you register your titles for our direct payment service.

Under our direct payment service, each rightsholder of a work is paid their share of the Copyright Agency payment directly, eliminating the need for one person to on-pay payments to other rightsholders of the work.

More information about Copyright Agency’s direct payment service can be found on our website.

For further information about claim once please contact our Member Services team at memberservices@ copyright.com.au or 1800 066 844.

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ARTISTS’ UPDATE The opening of the 2012 John Fries Memorial Prize finalists exhibition

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opyright Agency | Viscopy was proud to host the annual John Fries Memorial Prize for emerging artists – the first time the prize has been managed with the support of Copyright Agency.

The $10,000 prize is open to all artists in Australia and New Zealand who are not enrolled as a student and do not have work included in the collection of a state, territory or national public art gallery.

The prize, donated by the Fries family, remembers former Viscopy director and honorary treasurer, John Fries.

Tasmanian artist Jacob Leary won the 2012 prize for his installation work Technological Causality.

Exhibition curator Venita Poblocki

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said of Leary’s piece, “In what first looks like an explosion of random objects filling a space, Jacob Leary’s installation, Technological Causality, is a careful meditation upon technological processes and how these technical developments create new realities in which we are immersed.”

For the first time since the prize began in 2009, the judges also highly commended Cigdem Aydemir’s video installation Extremist Activity (swing) and commended Kate Shaw’s painting Milkwater.

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ustralia’s biggest cartooning event, the Australian Cartoonists’ Association’s 28th Annual Stanleys Conference was recently held in sunny beachside Newcastle.

At the main event, the Stanley Awards, Canberra Times cartoonist David Pope took out the coveted Gold Stanley for Cartoonist of the Year as well as two bronze Stanleys for Best Caricaturist and Best Editorial/Political Cartoonist. In accepting his awards, Pope acknowledged his Canberra Times predecessor, Geoff Pryor, as a major influence on his own work.

Other recipients included Anton Emdin for Best Illustrator, Gary Clark for Best Comic Strip Artist, Dean Alston for Best Single Gag Cartoonist and David Follett for Best Comic Book Artist.

The Jim Russell Award for services to Australian Cartooning (formerly known as the Silver Stanley) was won by the ABC’s program Insiders for their weekly

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The 2012 prize attracted the largest number of entries yet. The extraordinary quality of entries resulted in the announcement of 20 finalists working across a range of media. The judges commented that it was exciting to see such a high calibre of talent amongst Australia’s emerging artists, demonstrating that prizes like this are crucial in supporting them.

Entries for the John Fries Memorial Prize 2013 will open in March 2013 with the winner to be announced in August 2013.

Talking Pictures section where detailed analysis of cartoons from the week’s newspapers is discussed.

The Stanley Awards wrapped-up a weekend of talks and panel discussions exploring the issues and opportunities facing the industry today, including the impact of online content, different techniques cartoonists use for their creative processes and copyright.

The conference included a popular presentation by Copyright Agency | Viscopy Visual Arts Manager Tristan Chant discussing current copyright information relevant to cartoonists working in print and online and the benefits of Copyright Agency and Viscopy membership.

The conference also featured presentations by special guests Sam Viviano, Art Director for US MAD Magazine, and Alexander Stitt, cartoonist for the TV ad campaigns for Life. Be In It and Slip Slop Slap.

For more information or a full list of award recipients, visit http://cartoonists.org.au/awards

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Annual seminar

2013 Seminar

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opyright Agency’s 2013 Seminar Education:Information will be held in Sydney on 14-15 March 2013 at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Aerial Function Centre.

For the first time, the Seminar will be presented in partnership by Copyright Agency|Viscopy, the Australian Publisher’s Association (APA) and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA).

This two day event brings you the latest information on educational writing and publishing through a range of panel discussions, presentations, workshops and networking opportunities.

We’ll be covering a number of relevant topics including copyright, the new National Curriculum, the Australian Law Reform Commission Inquiry and developing education products in the digital space.Registrations open in early 2013. Visit www.copyright.com.au for more information.

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