What is Copyright?

Do you work in a museum? A public or commercial gallery? Then this copyright book is for you! An essential tool for anyone working in galleries and museums.

This revised edition of Libraries and Copyright focuses on copyright law as it applies to libraries and includes guidance Australia's 'safe harbour scheme' (takedown notices), as it impacts libraries.

This publication is for those creating training material, including teachers in educational institutions, including RTOs. The publication covers whether work is protected by copyright, who owns copyright in it and how to deal with copyright (for example, when selling material to training institutions or contracting with publishers). This publication deals with all of training material formats, including those in hard copy, electronic and online formats. This publication is also useful for people who commission the creation of training materials. We discuss all types of training materials including instruction manuals, tables and charts, drawings and photos and training videos. We also look at assignment and licensing of copyright and copyright infringement