Notices and Labels

The Copyright Act 1968 includes a number of notice and labelling requirements when copying and communicating copyright material.  These requirements are outlined below.

Equipment notices (photocopiers, scanners, computers etc...)

Prescribed copyright notices are required to be on or near all University equipment that can be used for copying or communicating copyright material regardless of format. These notices provide some legal protection for the University in the event that staff or students infringe copyright using equipment supplied by the University. All University organisational areas including Faculties, Departments and Libraries are asked to ensure that the appropriate notices are clearly visible.

A prescribed notice must be displayed on or near any print based copying equipment such as photocopiers and scanners.

Print copying equipment notice (DOCX 16KB)

A combined text and audio-visual warning notice must be displayed on or near all equipment able to make print and audio-visual reproductions such as computers.

Print and audio-visual copying equipment notice (DOCX 16KB)

The notices above must be at least A4 in size (297mm by 210mm) and the wording of the notice must not be changed.

Note that it is not necessary to have these notices "attached" to each piece of equipment. However, the notices must be clearly visible to a person using the equipment.

Licence Notices

The are some labelling and notice requirements when copying and communicating copyright material under the University's statutory and music licences. Note however that you should not use the labels or notices below when copying copyright material outside these licences.

Text and image and notices

There is a prescribed warning notice which must appear on, or immediately before electronic reproductions of text and images communicated to students under the University's education statutory license. There is no prescribed size for the notice but the wording must be legible. The wording of this notice cannot be changed.

Text and Images notice (HTML 1KB)

Broadcast material notices

Pursuant to the University's licence agreement with Screenrights, we are required to include a notice to the following effect on all communications of broadcasts made in reliance on the statutory licence:

This notice should be visible to any staff member or student accessing the content. This might include:

• using a flash screen so that the notice appears when a person accesses the broadcast
• putting the notice in the reading list information that accompanies the link to the broadcast
• putting the notice in a footnote or footer next to the link to the broadcast
• putting the notice as a slide prior to the broadcast being shown in a lecture
• putting the notice in any email that contains a link to the broadcast

No matter what method is adopted, the notice must be visible to staff or students accessing the broadcast at some point during their ‘access journey’.

Broadcast material labels

Pursuant to the University's licence agreement with Screenrights,  we are required to mark all copies of broadcasts in analogue form, or on removable media (e.g. DVD, CD, USB), made in reliance on the Statutory Licence, with a notice containing the following information:

This notice should be attached to the container in which the copy is kept (e.g. DVD/CD case, USB etc).

Music licence notices and labels

All all hard and digital copies of print music (sheet music, lyrics and tablature) made under the Music Licence must be labelled with full details of the work copied (Title of Work, Composer; Lyricist; and Arranger name if applicable) and the following prescribed notice:

“Copy made pursuant to a licence between Universities Australia and AMCOS”