Generally copyright in a work lasts from when it was created to 50 years after the death of the author. If you have questions on copyright protection, please contact the Australian Copyright Council. By providing a Statutory Licence for educational institutions the Copyright Act aims to balance the copying needs of educational institutions and the rights of authors and other creators to earn a living. The Statutory Licence allows non-profit educational institutions to make copies of copyright works for educational purposes. A Licence fee is payable to the collecting society.
Limits apply to the extent of copying.
CAL is the copyright collecting society appointed by the Attorney-General to administer the Statutory Licence. CAL collects the licence fees, deducts its administrative expenses and distributes the balance annually to copyright owners based on the results of a sample survey. CAL is a non-profit company, limited by guarantee, which acts as agent for authors, publishers and other copyright owners. The provisions of both are very similar. All Government Schools, Universities and most TAFEs colleges throughout Australia are licenced.