Educational Statutory Licence

The Educational Statutory Licence is contained in section 113P of the Copyright Act. The licence allows teaching staff at UNE to make reproductions and online communications of certain quantities of copyright material including text, images, print music, radio and television broadcasts, for the educational purposes of the university.

Educational purposes includes the following uses

• teaching students of UNE
• making the copy available to students, or communicating to students, as part of a course of study at UNE
• retention of a copy as a UNE teaching resource (in office, school or library)
• administration of students and courses.

Conditions of use

• copying and communication must be for educational purposes
• copies must not be sold except on a cost recovery basis
• copies must be accessible only to UNE staff and enrolled students
• marking requirements and quantity restrictions apply.

Definitions

For the purpose of the Educational Statutory Licence:

'Reproduction' means any form of copying, for example photocopying, printing, downloading, scanning

'Communication' means both 'making available online' and 'electronically transmitting'. Material is made available online when it is uploaded onto a server in a form which is able to be accessed by students. Material is electronically transmitted when it is sent as a file attachment or an email to another person.