Conferences and Public Lectures
University of Melbourne staff and students presenting material at a conference or public lectures cannot rely on the Statutory Licences to use copyright material. This applies to material presented at conferences or public lectures held at or by the University as well as external conferences & public lecture. Conferences and lectures given for educational purposes where the audience is restricted to students enrolled at the University of Melbourne are covered by the Statutory Licences.
Staff and students wanting to include copyright material in conference papers and/or presentations, as well as public lectures, may do so under the fair dealing provisions for criticism or review, if a serious critique or review is made. This provision does not include the use of copyright material to illustrate a point or a concept or as an example. For more information, see Fair Dealing.
If the fair dealing provisions do not apply, permission is required from the copyright owners. For more information, see Requesting Permission From a Copyright Owner to Reproduce Material.
If the conference or public lecture is being recorded via Lectopia, permission from the copyright owner will also be needed to cover any copyrighted material included in the recording, as well as how and to who that recording will be made available. If the copyright material being recorded as part of the presentation has been included as part of the fair dealing provision, permission is not necessary. For more information refer to Lectopia.
External users or third parties hiring the University of Melbourne venues for conferences or public lectures must also ensure that their conferences are copyright compliant. The same issues regarding fair dealing for criticism and review apply as outlined above. If the presentation is being recorded via Lectopia then permission must be obtained from the copyright owners for any third party copyright material included in the presentation, unless it is included under the fair dealing for criticism or review provisions.