%T Submission to the ALRC in response to Issues Paper 42: copyright and the digital economy %I Australian Publishers Association %D 2012 %K Economics, %K Digital communications, %K Publishers and publishing, %K Copyright, %K Copyright infringement, %K Digital rights management, %K Information resources management %U https://apo.org.au/node/32233 %X The response submission by the Australian Publishers Association in regards to the current Australian copyright law. The APA’s members are active participants in the digital economy. Further, publishers and other creators are at the forefront of new and innovative digital business models. In relation to sales of books and ebooks, such models include not just sales through bookstores (including online stores) but also direct licensing of ebooks. Whatever their source licences offered include (but are not limited to):   %9 Submission