Copyright Office

Type of Material

Copying Limits*

Restrictions

Able to be communicated electronically?

Literary Works - Books

10 per cent or one chapter, whichever is greatest. More can copied if the work has never been published or is out of print and not commercially available within a reasonable time.

Only applies to works of more than 10 pages.

Yes, but only one portion can be online across the University at any one time.

Literary Works - Journal Articles/Newspapers

One whole article from a journal issue or two or more articles from the same issue if they are on the same subject.

Multiple articles must be on the same subject if from the same issue.

Yes.

Literary Works & Dramatic Works - Anthologies

• Individual works can be copied as long as they do not exceed 15 pages.
• In electronic anthologies, the work must be in a format that can be paginated, e.g. a pdf.
• If the work exceeds 15 pages, you may only copy 10% or 1 chapter unless the work has not been separately published.

Yes, only under certain conditions.

Artistic Works (e.g. images, graphs, charts, maps etc.)

• In part or whole if the artistic work is incidental (i.e. accompanies a literary or dramatic work for the purpose of explaining or illustrating) or has not been separately published.
• If an artistic work has been separately published, no more than a reasonable portion of the work can be copied, unless a new copy of the artistic work cannot be obtained within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price.
• If the image is in electronic format, then the whole image can be copied or communicated; there is no need to test if it has been separately published.

Yes.

Dramatic Works (e.g. film or television scripts or plays)

10 per cent or 1 chapter, whichever is greater. More can be copied if the work has never been published or is out of print and not commercially available within a reasonable time.

Only applies to works of more than 10 pages.

Yes.

Musical Works (e.g. scores, notated music)

10 per cent. More can copied if the work has never been published or is out of print and not commercially available within a reasonable time.

Only applies to works of more than 10 pages.

Yes.

Films

Cannot be copied unless broadcast on television and recorded under Part VA.

Yes, if copied under Part VA.

Sound Recordings

Can be copied under the Music Licence or under Part VA if broadcast on radio.

Broadcasts

Can be copied in full (Part VA).

Yes.

Published Editions

Can be copied in full under the statutory licence.

Yes.

Works not available separately or unpublished

Copies may be made of the whole or part of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work which is not separately published, or is unpublished.

Yes.

Works not available, e.g. out of print

The whole, or part, of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work can be copied if new copies of that work cannot be obtained within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price.

Yes.