Sherpa, which ran simultaneously in 220 territories, is an illustration of the problems of current copyright law.
As treasurer, Joe Hockey set the Productivity Commission loose on the mass of legislation connected to Intellectual Property, which underpins virtually every economic transaction involving every part of the creative community.
Writers, artists, financiers, musicians, actors, software designers are all creating objects which are owned by someone, either the creator or the hirer of the creative, or the person to whom the creative has sold the work. Rights, licenses and rewards underpin every contract and every finance plan.
