The Australian Government has appointed the Copyright Agency to manage the Statutory Education Licence.

The licence, set out in the Copyright Act 1968, allows educators to copy and share text and images in ways that usually require permission provided that fair compensation is made to the creators of the content.

Australian educators can copy and communicate text, images and print music without a copyright clearance if:

• they work for an institution that is covered by a ‘remuneration notice’ (or fair compensation arrangements); and
• their use is solely for educational purposes.

Fair compensation arrangements

Copyright Agency has fair compensation agreements in place for:

• nearly all schools, which are represented by the Copyright Advisory Group to the Education Council (CAG)
• all Technical and Further Education institutes (TAFEs), most of which are also represented by CAG
• about 1,000 private education providers that have a current Statutory Education Licence such as private colleges, RTOs, training arms, community colleges and kindergartens.