Copyright was once viewed as a specialist branch of law focused primarily on the protection of artistic expression and hence focused on the protection of artistic creations such as music, literature, paintings, and so on. Such a narrow conception overlooked the fact that copyright was born as a result of the advent of the first technology for the production of copies of works (i.e. printing with movable type). The subsequent development of copyright has been shaped by ongoing technological developments and their associated commercial exploitation. In the past decade interest in the economic impact of copyright has been driven by a number of inter-related factors: • The shift to a services economy — while Australia is commonly perceived as being an economy reliant upon agriculture and resources, in fact it has evolved to one reliant on services. For example, the Australian Services Roundtable (2008, p. 8) notes that, “In Australia, services account for 78 percent of GDP and 60 percent of domestic investment. Services employ 8.5 of every 10 Australians, with all net job growth over the past two decades taking place within the services sector.” Services industries are disproportionately users and/or producers of copyright material and so the growth in services has occurred in conjunction with the growth of copyright industries. • The mainstream adoption of the Internet, digital production and distribution — Australians have embraced the use of the Internet, with usage increasing from 33.8% of the population in 2000 to 74.3% in December 2007 (Internet World Stats 2008). This is significant, as use of information and communications technologies has significantly increased the scope of the subject matter for copyright protection, with the ongoing growth of Internet usage and digital delivery of copyright materials drawing copyright into the lives of all members of society.