Australian copyright law allows teachers to use other people's material for educational purposes without having to seek the permission of the copyright owner. Different rules apply depending on the:

type of material that is being used, i.e. a text work (i.e. journal article, book chapter), artistic work (photograph, drawing), film (i.e. DVD, YouTube), sound recording (CD, podcast) or broadcast; and
what is done with the material, i.e. copied, communicated and/or performed to students.

There are a number of ways to manage copyright without having to worry about what is permitted under copyright law. We have compiled a short guide that offers some practical tips on managing copyright (PDF). Where these tips don't apply to your use, see below for what is permitted under copyright law.

Text Works

Teachers can copy and communicate text works for educational purposes under a statutory licence at section 113P Copyright Act (formerly known as the Part VB licence).

A communication of text works occurs when material is emailed or made available online such as on the University's learning management system/intranet or other password protected online space.

Access

Access to all text material uploaded online must be password protected to ensure that only students and/staff of the University can access the material for their educational purposes.

Copying Limits

Teachers can only copy a "reasonable portion" of text material being:

10% or 1 chapter of a book (whichever is greater).
10% of the words on a website or from a CD Rom. Determining 10% of the words on a website can sometimes be impossible. If this is the case, it is good practice to
only take what you need for the educational purpose.
One article in a journal, more than one article if on the same subject matter (including articles from online publications such as e-journals, e-books or e-newspapers).

A teacher can exceed the copying limits (i.e. a whole book or entire play) where the work:

has not been separately published; or
is not commercially available within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price.

In all cases, only copy what you need for the educational purpose.

Labelling/Attribution

Text material copied under the statutory licence for educational use at section 113P of the Copyright Act should be labelled with the name of the author and copyright owner (if different to the author), where the material was copied from and when it was copied.

e.g. copied under section 113P of the Copyright Act. Rust, Niki. The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/polar-bear-invasion-how-climate-change-is-making-human-wildlife-conflicts-worse-111654, February 2019

Uploading book chapters and articles to Canvas

It is important to note that content that is licensed by the library should be linked to from Canvas and not copied and stored on Canvas. Making local copies of content on iLearn is not permitted by licensing and copyright agreements that the University has in place. If you require assistance on how to link to a library resource, please contact your librarian.