These are frequently asked questions (FAQs) from our information sheets about permissions, compliance and infringement. Click on a FAQ to view the information sheet it's from, including the response to the FAQ.

FAQs from Artworks: getting permission (information sheet)

• Cartoons, TV & animated characters
• Digital and Internet material
• How do I get permission to copy coins or other Australian currency?
• How do I get permission to reproduce flags and State or Territory emblems?

FAQs from Fair dealing (information sheet)

• Can our photocopying business copy for students for their research or study?
• Can we copy extracts of recorded music onto CD-ROMs for teachers and students to critique, in an education package we are developing?
• Can we reprint articles from newspapers and online journals in newsletters to members of our community organisation?
• Fair dealing for criticism or review
• Fair dealing for professional advice
• Fair dealing for reporting news
• Judicial proceedings
• Someone has reproduced my work without my permission and is claiming that their use is a fair dealing. What can I do?
  
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• FAQs from Infringement: what can I do? (information sheet)
  

• A client has not paid me for work he commissioned. Is he infringing copyright by using it?
• How do I find a lawyer to represent me?
• If infringement occurs within a company or other organisation, who is liable?
• Is plagiarism the same as copyright infringement?
• What can I do if my copyright has been infringed overseas?

FAQs from Infringement: actions, remedies, offences and penalties (information sheet)

• Is it a criminal offence to copy computer software?
• Is it an offence to buy pirate videos?
• Is an employee liable for infringement of copyright?
• What are the penalties for copyright infringement?

FAQS from “Private use” copying: time-, format- & space-shifting

• Can I circumvent passwords and other technological restrictions to make a private use copy?
• Can I copy something someone else owns for my private use?
• Can someone else copy my material for my private use?
• Once I’ve copied something under the private use provisions, can I give away or sell the originals I don’t need any more?

FAQs from Quotes & extracts: copyright obligations (information sheet)

• Can I avoid infringement by paraphrasing?
• Can I reproduce a quote or extract if I change it a little?
• Do I infringe copyright by compiling a bibliography or list of references?
• Do I need permission to copy abstracts provided with journal articles?
• Does an organisation need permission to make its own abstracts or summaries of articles or books?
• If a work is anonymous, or has no copyright notice, can I use it without permission?
• If copyright in a work has expired, can you revive copyright by republishing it?
• If I say where the quote came from, can I use it without permission?
• If I use another person's work for a non-profit purpose, do I need permission?
• If I use only 10% of a work, do I infringe copyright?
• Is plagiarism the same as copyright infringement?
• What if I cannot find the copyright owner?
• What if the copyright owner is dead or has gone out of business?
• Where do I get permission to reproduce a quote or extract?

FAQs from Owners of Copyright: How to Find

• I have come across some old Australian material and have been told that the copyright ownership was registered. Could this be correct?
• What if I cannot find the copyright owner?
• What if I do not get a response from the copyright owner?  Can I go ahead and use the material?
• What if the copyright owner is dead or has gone out of business?