The Aboriginal flag can now be freely used like the national flag after the Federal Government bought the copyright in a historic deal with the emblem's creator.
The $20.05 million deal ends ongoing controversies over the flag's use stemming from non-Indigenous company WAM Clothing buying the exclusive rights to the flag in November 2018.
The licence had meant anyone wishing to use the flag on clothing or in physical and digital media had to ask permission and pay a fee. Several organisations were sent cease-and-desist notices.
The flag incorporates three elements — red land, Black people and yellow sun — and its "simplicity is the strength of it", according to its creator.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/aboriginal-flag-freed-for-public-use-in-20-million-federal-government-copyright-deal-with-creator-harold-thomas/14e6acb6-51b3-4bf1-a12a-a0bf4c215c6aIm happy to hear that it's not privately owned anymore. So crazy that the copyright belonged to a non-indigenous CLOTHING company.
