Copyright for Teaching Purposes
Using Text, Images and Graphic Works
Works, including journal articles and book chapters, images, photographs, cartoons, plans, maps and drawings that are from print sources, electronic and internet sources can be used for educational purposes in teaching materials, lecture presentations and online.
'Educational purposes' generally includes the following purposes: preparing, presenting, administering and providing access to resources to students as part of their course of study.
Staff at the University of New England routinely exercise the reproduction right and the communication right when they prepare and present learning materials for students.
The reproduction right is the copying of a work, for example by photocopying, scanning, copying by hand, re-typing or faxing. The communication right is exercised when a copyright work is made available to students electronically. This may include uploading onto a university server for access by students in UNEonline or eReserve, electronically transmitting the material such as by email attachment, or providing the works on a unit CD.
Reproducing and communicating the copyright material of others for educational purposes
You may use the copyright material of others without infringing copyright if any of the following apply:
- The material is used under the Part VB (Statutory) Educational Licence
- The work is copyright free
- The work is out of copyright
- The copyright is owned by the University
- The copying amounts to an insubstantial portion
- The copying is for examination purposes
- Permission has been obtained from the copyright owner
- The material is used under Licence
- The copying is from Government and legal materials
If you are unsure if what you want to do is covered by one of the copyright exceptions or licences, please contact the Copyright Office.
Copying for off-shore students
Australian Copyright Law applies only to copies made in Australia. Copying for enrolled off-shore students must comply with the Copyright Law of the country in which the copies are made.