Staff & governance

The Australian Copyright Council is an independent non-profit organisation, founded in 1968.

• Staff: We have 6 full-time and 4 part-time staff: 6 lawyers and 4 administrative staff.
• Affiliated organisations: there are 23 organisations affiliated with the Copyright Council. They are organisations whose members are copyright  owners. The Council consults with these organisations when formulating a position on copyright policy issues.
  
• Board: the Copyright Council's board has up to 9 directors. Up to 7 are elected at the AGM and the remainder are appointed.
• You can view our Annual Reports, corporate governance statement and constitution.
  

Our objectives

• assist creators and other copyright owners to exercise their rights effectively;
• raise awareness in the community generally about the importance of copyright;
• research and identify areas of copyright law which are inadequate or unfair;
• seek changes to law and practice to enhance the effectiveness and fairness of copyright;
• foster cooperation amongst bodies representing creators and owners of copyright.

What we do

How to contact us

Click here for our contact details.

How we are funded

We are a non-profit organisation.

We receive substantial general funding from the Australia Council.
The balance of our income is principally from our training program, publication sales, affiliation fees and consultancy fees.