Australian government buys copyright to Aboriginal flag in $20m deal
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#5VBFY)
Deal includes payment to designer Harold Thomas and terminates commercial licences, meaning flag now belongs to everyone', federal minister for Indigenous Australians says
The Aboriginal flag can now be reproduced on apparel and merchandise after the federal government secured its copyright to resolve a complicated legal dispute over the use of the emblem.
The Morrison government has paid more than $20m to obtain the copyright to the flag, plus terminate commercial licenses owned by companies which had limited the reproduction of the symbol.
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