Copying under the Statutory Licence

According to the terms of Part VB of the Act, and in compliance with the terms of the remuneration agreement between AC and CAL (Copyright Agency Limited), AC is licenced to carry out single and multiple copying (including digital copying) of some copyright material. The licence also covers administrative copying.

Subject to stipulated reproduction limits, the making of single or multiple print copies of a work is permitted, provided the copy is made by or on behalf of AC for the educational or administrative purposes of AC. The copy may not be sold at a profit.

Copying under the s200AB Flexible Dealing Exception

Section 200AB of the Copyright Act 1968 is an exception available for the purposes of maintaining or operating a library or archives, or for giving education instruction. The exception may be used provided certain criteria are met and allows certain people to use copyright material for socially beneficial purposes, without permission and without payment.

Copyright Repositories

AC has a central repository for digitised copyright materials required for student course work at AC. This repository is to be administered by the Director of Library Services or delegated representative.  

The administration of other repositories used for storage of streamed teaching content are the responsibility of the Director of Digital Learning.

AC also has a research repository for research data and materials that can be accessed for faculty, HDR candidate and student research, as well as by the general public. This repository is administered by the Deputy Vice President Research and Standards. AC’s Australasian Pentecostal Research Centre (APSC) stores physical and digital copyright materials required for the purposes of preservation and research of archival material. Materials that are out of copyright or covered by a copyright licence are made available in an online repository for research purposes.

Rights Management Information

Any information relating to the identification of the author, publisher or copyright owner which is on a publication of any type, including audio-visual material, should be preserved when the publication is reproduced by any means, either digitally or in hard copy, or when the publication is repackaged, recovered or otherwise presented. Rights management information may not be removed.

Circumvention Devices - Copyright Protection Measures

No member of the AC community is permitted to manufacture, market, advertise, sell, or supply devices intended to circumvent a manufacturer's protection measures on computer software (this is an offence under the Act), unless these acts are done for a permitted purpose. Permitted purposes include security testing, library activities, and activities assisting persons with a disability. Anyone contemplating any activity involving circumvention devices must first check with the Director of Library Services or delegated representative.

Copyright and the Internet

Copyright law applies to all Internet transactions. Apart from any fair dealing for individual use, any material found on the Internet should not be used for any other purpose without a licence or written permission from the copyright owner. A record of any such permission should be kept by the person receiving it, and a copy sent to the Director of Library Services or delegated representative. It should be noted that under the licence with the Copyright Agency Limited, it is possible to digitise materials for use for the teaching, research and administrative purposes of AC. The guidelines for such uses are not the same as for print copying.

Licences and Remuneration Agreements

The Director of Library Services or delegated representative is responsible for the coordination and administration of AC copyright policies and procedures ensuring AC’s compliance with legislative and contractual requirements.