When you arrange for your lecture to be recorded, you need to consider copyright issues. Some of these issues do not arise in the delivery of a lecture face to face, but do so when a recording is made. Others arise in the delivery of a lecture, but because an unrecorded lecture is ephemeral, they do not come to the foreground. In your lectures you might use materials produced by other people, or you might have a guest speaker. Once you include presentations and material by others who are not QUT staff, the copyright situation gets complicated. In making an audio recording, you are making a reproduction of the words spoken and any audio material played in the lecture. In making a videorecording, you are making a reproduction of the words spoken and any audio or visual material played or displayed in the lecture.
It is your responsibility for ensuring that the material you use and include in the recording complies with copyright. If you need to obtain permissions from copyright owners, you will be responsible for this. You should keep records of your permissions on file where they could be retrieved if required. When submitting a request to AV Services to record your lectures, you will be asked to make a declaration about copyright compliance.
For more information about your obligations, consult Videorecording of lectures – copyright issues.