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13/17562

30 October 2013

Mr Geordie Guy
[FOI #455 email]

Dear Mr Guy
Freedom of Information Request no. FOI13/189

I refer to your request for access to documents relating to article in The Australian dated today the 28th of October under the Freedom of Information Act 1982. I have taken your request to be for:

- Copies of the letters sent to the entities set out in the article

- Any document which is correspondence to or within the Attorney General's department either suggesting or requesting that such a series of roundtables - or any other measure with the same intended function - be undertaken

- Any document that is part of the planning function of the stated collaborative events

- A copy of any press release issued to any media organisation regarding the matter, as well as any accompanying letter, instructions or embargo request

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-----Original Message-----
From: Geordie Guy [mailto:[FOI #455 email]]
Sent: Monday, 28 October 2013 2:19 PM
To: FOI Requests
Subject: TRIM: Freedom of Information request - Copyright Infringement Roundtable

Dear Attorney-General's Department,

An article in The Australian dated today the 28th of October states that;

"Media has learned that the Attorney-General's Department has sent letters to the nation's top telcos and content creators seeking their participation in a series of industry roundtables to resolve the online piracy issue as a matter of urgency. New Attorney-General George Brandis is understood to have made copyright piracy a priority."

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act in relation to this statement, in particular I am requesting;

- Copies of the letters sent to the entities set out in the article

- Any document which is correspondence to or within the Attorney General's department either suggesting or requesting that such a series of roundtables - or any other measure with the same intended function - be undertaken

- Any document that is part of the planning function of the stated collaborative events

- A copy of any press release issued to any media organisation regarding the matter, as well as any accompanying letter, instructions or embargo request

Yours faithfully,

Geordie Guy

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Dear Mr Guy

Please find attached a Statement of Reasons with regards to your FOI
request 13-189.

Kind regards

Meagan Wilson

Attorney General’s Department

Office of Corporate Counsel

Tel: 02 6141 4311

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