Copyright Collecting Society Licences

Along with commercial licences with various vendors, the University has agreements in place with all key Australian copyright collecting societies, who are responsible for licensing a broad range of material and distributing royalties to rights holders.

The agreements with Copyright Agency and Screenrights are sometimes referred to as statutory or compulsory education licences, as the Copyright Act expressly permits educational institutions to use protected material administered by these collection societies for educational purposes, so long as they are fairly remunerated.

'Educational purposes' generally refers to copying an item for use in connection with a particular course or to include it in a library collection. It does not extend to copying conducted by students.

  • Copyright Agency: print and graphic material

    The University can copy and communicate literary, dramatic, artistic and musical works provided it is:

    • For educational purposes.
    • Not conducted for profit aside form cost-recovery.
    • Within the limits outlined below.

    Material copied or communicated under the Copyright Agency licence must include a warning notice.

    The copy and communication limits under the current agreement with Copyright Agency are based on the now-superseded Part VB of the Copyright Act:

    Type of material Copy and communication limit Note

    Literary, dramatic, or musical works of more than 10 pages (excluding anthologies)
    • 10% of the pages.
    • 10% of the words for eBooks, if pagination is variable.
    • 1 chapter, if divided into chapters.
    • Whole work if it isn't available for purchase within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price.

    eBooks are typically governed by license terms which override this provision.

    Musical works refer to music compositions. See APRA-AMCOS, ARIA & PPCA: music for sound recordings.
    Anthologies of literary or dramatic works (compilations of works by different authors)

    For works less than 15 pages:

    • Whole work.

    For works 15 pages or more:

    • 10% of the pages;
    • 1 chapter, if divided into chapters; or
    • Whole work if it hasn't been separately published.

    'Works’ are the individual works such as poems or short stories that make up the compilation, not the entire anthology itself.

    More than 1 work per anthology may be copied if these criteria are met AND no more than 10% of the entire anthology is copied.
    Periodicals (journals, newspapers)
    • 1 article per issue; or
    • Multiple articles if they relate to the same subject matter.
    		 Electronic journals are typically governed by licence terms which override this provision.
    Artistic works

    For incidental artistic works:

    • Whole work.

    For artistic works from hardcopy form:

    • Whole work if it hasn't been separately published or isn't available for purchase at an ordinary commercial price in a reasonable time.

    For artworks from electronic form:

    • Whole work regardless of commercial availability.

    Artistic works are considered incidental if they're included for the purpose of explaining or illustrating another work.

    Note that the ‘educational purposes’ excludes merely decorative images.

  • Screenrights: TV and radio broadcasts

    As with the licence for print and graphic material, the University can copy and communicate material that has been broadcasted on television or radio provided it is:

    • For educational purposes.
    • Not conducted for profit aside form cost-recovery.

    This includes free-to-air and pay-tv, as well as podcasts and webcasts if they were previously delivered as broadcasts in Australia. It does not cover material from on-demand commercial streaming services such as Netflix or internet radio that is not broadcast.

    Unlike other video material played in class, material copied under the Screenrights licence can be included in lecture recordings.

    Material copied and communicated under the Screenrights licence must:

    • Be distributed to students via Course Readings.
    • Include a warning notice. This is automatically added to the start of Echo360 lecture recordings.Ìý
    • Have each copy labelled with the following:

    Made for the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ under s113P of the Copyright Act 1968

    Station/Channel:
    Name of Program:
    Date/Time program was transmitted:
    Date this copy was made (if different):

    For physical copies this can be added directly on the copy or container, while for electronic copies it can be recorded in the file properties.

  • APRA-AMCOS, ARIA & PPCA: music

    The commercial Music Licence with the music collecting societies permits the University to perform, record, and share music under certain circumstances. Note that the licence only covers works that are in the .

    Performing music

    The licence allows the University to perform both musical works (e.g. compositions) and sound recordings:

    • At University events where ticket prices are less than $60 (ex. GST) per person.
    • At University graduation ceremonies regardless of ticket price.
    • During University activities conducted off-campus.<