1. Everything you ever needed to know about copyright
(in 15 mins)

2. Copyright:
A property right that protects expression

3. Sargent, Noon after Millet, 1875

4. Van Gogh, Noon: Rest from work 1890
“If someone plays Beethoven, he adds his own personal interpretation; in the music, especially in the singing, the interpretation also counts and the composer doesn't have to be the only one to perform his compositions.”
Van Gogh, Noon: Rest from work 1890 4

5. “If someone plays Beethoven, he adds his own personal interpretation; in the music, especially in the singing, the interpretation also counts and the composer doesn't have to be the only one to perform his compositions.” 5

6. Copyright is Automatic, it just needs to be:
form of expression of information;
in material form;
created by an author(s); and
original
In case anyone asks – definition of ‘archive’ under Copyright Act extends to “bodies, whether incorporated or unincorporated, maintaining a collection of documents or other material of historical significance or public interest for the purpose of conserving and preserving that material (and not to derive a profit)”.

8. Periodicals and Journals Dissertations and theses Reports Photographs
Books
Manuscripts
Poetry
Periodicals and Journals
Dissertations and theses
Reports
Photographs
Pamphlets/brochures
Textbooks
Reference works
Catalogues
Directories
Paintings, cartoons, sketches
Software
Websites and online works
messages
Musical works
Original compositions and new arrangements of original compositions
Copyright holder is the author of the work
BUT copyright in a musical work is distinguished from copyright in the sound recording of that work.
The creator of the original musical work has the right to authorise or make the first recording of that work.
Is silence capable of being copyright?

9. Lasts for
70 years
Except when it doesn’t

10. Reproduce
Publish
Perform publicly & communicate
Adapt

11. licence
exceptions
permission
insubstantial
public domain
Public domain image

12. Exceptions – Flexible Dealing (s200AB)
Introduced 2006 – intended to cover uses of material that are for ‘socially useful purposes’ benefiting the broader Australian community

13. Exceptions – Flexible Dealing (s200AB)
Is the use allowed under another section of the Copyright Act? Fair dealing, library and archival copying, statutory licence, consumer exceptions, section 183
For the purposes of “maintaining or operating” the library or archives? Or for “educational instruction”?
Does the use meet the requirements of s200AB? The use must:
Not conflict with normal exploitation of the work;
Not unreasonably prejudice the copyright holder; and
Be a special case.
Nine metre high sculpture, French-American artist Louise Bourgeois – also at Mori Tower, Tokyo

14. Fair Use

15. What are you doing?
What are you using?
How much are you using?
What about the copyright holder?

16. Orphan works

18. TPMs
WIPO Library Treaty
Marrakesh Treaty for BVIP
Statutory licences
Geoblocking
Copyright and Contract
Perpetual copyright unpublished works
KAFTA, JAEPA and the TPP

20. La Grotta di Byron by Andrea CC BY 2
La Grotta di Byron by Andrea CC BY 2.0 altered by addition of Pirate Bay logo by Trish Hepworth
Dawn over Porthmadog Harbour Ian Dalgliesh CC BY-SA

21. Martin Luther King, Lincoln Memorial 1963, US Department of Defence Public Domain

22. I HAZ DREAM
Pietre & Renee Lanser: Doratella black tabby spotted & white female kitten CCBY 2.0, altered by Trish Hepworth