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17 November 2025Dr Terri JankeOn 5 November 2025, the Australian Government introduced the Copyright Amendment Bill, including a new orphan works scheme designed to update copyright law for the digital age.Under this model, users will be able to rely on a limitation-of-remedies defence when using an orphan work, but only if they meet five strict threshold conditions. Importantly, the Bill and its Explanatory Memorandum also highlight that a higher standard will apply where Indigenous Cultural an
Terri's extensive experience and work developing similar Protocols for a range of industries will guide us in the right direction and the passion and enthusiasm Terri and her team and the staff and Board at WMAU have shown for this work reminds me why it is so important for WMAU to be doing it.
In the face of changes in the world it is important to reassert that we acknowledge and respect the sovereignty of First Nations Peoples, and a Protocol will be an important part of how we do that.
I cannot state how important it is to me to announce that Wikimedia Australia has engaged Indigenous legal and consulting firm Terri Janke and Company to scope the requirements for an Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) and Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov) Protocol for our organisation.
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Elliott Bledsoe
