You will find information about copyright on the websites of the following organisations.
General Copyright-Related Bodies
- Australian Copyright Council - an organisation that provides information, advice and training about copyright in Australia
- AESharenet - an online service for sharing and trading Australian learning materials
- Australian Digital Alliance - an organisation that promotes the retention of balance in copyright law between owner and user rights. QUT is a member.
- Australian Libraries’ Copyright Committee - an organisation that seeks to have the interests of users of libraries and archives recognised and reflected in copyright legislation
- Attorney General’s Department Information Law and Human Rights Division - provides legal and legal policy advice to the Australian government on a range of copyright and related issues.
Copyright Collecting Societies
These are organisations which administer their members' copyrights and collect licence fees on their behalf.
- APRA/AMCOS - the Australasian Performing Right Association and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners’ Society, which administer music copyrights
- CAL - the Copyright Agency Limited, which administers largely text-based copyright
- Screenrights - the Audio-Visual Copyright Society Limited, which administers copyright in educational film and television
- PPCA - the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia, which administers aspects of music recording copyrights owned by record companies
- Viscopy - the Visual Arts Copyright Collecting Agency, which administers copyright in visual arts such as paintings