Destruction of Australian Indigenous Rock Art and the Concept of Place-Based IP: Another Casualty of COVID-19

The recent destruction of 46,000 year-old rock shelters in Western Australia by the actions of mining giant Rio Tinto has focused attention on the proposed new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act. The new law would expand the definition of significant sites from dots on a map to broader cultural landscapes, including associated place-based intellectual property.

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