Copyright Agency Ltd
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Copyright Agency Ltd is an Australia
n company incorporated under the Corporations Code for the purpose of providing institutions, especially educational institutions the use of copyright
material, in print or electronic form.
Educational institutions (or a body administering an educational institution) may claim a Statutory Educational licence under Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth) by:-
An annual fee is payable by participating educational institutions based on estimated usage of copyright material, usually determined by student numbers.
CAL centrally manages the reproduction rights of thousands of author
s, journalist
s, surveyor
s, photographers, visual artists and publishers. Membership of CAL is free to all Australian
copyright owners.
CAL collects the copying fees, deducts its administrative expenses and distributes the balance annually to copyright owners based on the results of copying surveys.
CAL has been appointed by the Commonwealth Attorney-General to administer the licences.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n company incorporated under the Corporations Code for the purpose of providing institutions, especially educational institutions the use of copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
material, in print or electronic form.
Educational institutions (or a body administering an educational institution) may claim a Statutory Educational licence under Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth) by:-
- publishing a notice in the Commonwealth Government Gazette (universitiesUniversityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
, TAFETechnical and Further EducationIn Australia, training and further education or TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational tertiary education courses, mostly qualifying courses under the National Training System/Australian Qualifications Framework/Australian Quality Training Framework...
institutes, full time primary and secondary schoolSecondary schoolSecondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
s, pre-schools and kindergartenKindergartenA kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
s are exempt from this requirement); and - Completing the Statutory Educational licence notice and returning to CAL; and
- Entering into a CAL Educational licence by completing the agreement and returning to CAL.
An annual fee is payable by participating educational institutions based on estimated usage of copyright material, usually determined by student numbers.
CAL centrally manages the reproduction rights of thousands of author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
s, journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
s, surveyor
Surveying
See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...
s, photographers, visual artists and publishers. Membership of CAL is free to all Australian
copyright owners.
CAL collects the copying fees, deducts its administrative expenses and distributes the balance annually to copyright owners based on the results of copying surveys.
CAL has been appointed by the Commonwealth Attorney-General to administer the licences.