Useful copyright resources
A list of resources about copyright law, exceptions, organisations and ways of finding copyright owners.
- Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth) - The current version of the Copyright Act includes all changes made by amending legislation, such as the:
- Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000
- Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000
- relevant parts of the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004
- Copyright Amendment Act 2006
- Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Act 2017.
- For an overview of the Copyright Act see A short guide to copyright issued by the Australian Government.
- The Australian Copyright Council has an excellent website that provides a range of information sheets.
- Copyright Agency Limited (CA)
- pay for a licence to copy books, articles, essays and artwork
- Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS)
- pay for a licence to copy, perform or broadcast music
- Screenrights
- educational institutions and government agencies can pay for a licence to copy or broadcast certain film, television and radio productions
- Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA)
- pay for a licence to broadcast recorded music or perform it in public
- Australian Publishers Association
- find links to around 185 Australian publishers
- Publishers Global
- find publishers listed by country. It has links to publishers in around 55 countries, including links to around 420 Australian publishers
- Firms Out of Business (FOB)
- lists some of the international publishing firms, magazines, literary agencies and similar organisations that are no longer in existence
- Writers Artists and Their Copyright Holders (WATCH)
- a useful source for contact details of international writers
- Australian Society of Authors
- lists Australian authors with links to their individual web pages
- Australian Cartoonists' Association
- a list of full members, many with links to their contact details
- Government: Commonwealth, State & Territory
- Australian Copyright Council information sheet on ways to contact government agencies to get permission to copy their material
- Arts Law Centre of Australia
- Australian Copyright Council
- Australian Digital Alliance (ADA)
- Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (ALCC)
- Centre for Media and Communications Law, University of Melbourne
- Creative Commons Australia
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
- Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia
- IP Australia
- Resale Royalty Rights
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23 Mar 2022