<P> The Australian Attorney - General's Copyright Law Review Committee completed a large review of Crown Copyright in April 2005 . In summary, the Committee recommended that the Crown be treated like any other employer (i.e., owner of material produced by its employees), and that for certain materials (legislation, government reports, commissions of inquiry reports) either copyright be removed, or a generous and generalised licence be granted for re-use . As of early 2007, several governments appear to be considering the use of open licences modelled along the lines of the Creative Commons model . </P> <P> Copyrights owned by the Crown in Australia have different durations to publicly held copyrights, as below: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Published literary, dramatic or musical works (includes published official records) </Td> <Td> 50 years after the end of the year in which the work is first published </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Unpublished literary, dramatic, musical works </Td> <Td> Copyright subsists indefinitely (see below) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Artistic works </Td> <Td> 50 years from the end of the year when made </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Photographs </Td> <Td> 50 years from the end of the year when made </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Published literary, dramatic or musical works (includes published official records) </Td> <Td> 50 years after the end of the year in which the work is first published </Td> </Tr>

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