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• A government department has commissioned me to write a course for them. Who will own copyright in it? Can we own it jointly?
• A TAFE college wants to purchase a course that I have written. Will I be able to continue to use it if I sell it to them?
• Are charts protected by copyright?
• Are logos protected by copyright?
• Are procedures and policies protected by copyright?
• Are there standard rates for licensing the reproduction of training materials?
• Are training methods or techniques protected by copyright?
• Can an institution which contracted me to create a training package to use with the students I teach at the institution reproduce it to supply to other teachers?
• Can copyright be jointly owned?
• Can I 'recycle' training packages for different clients?
• Can I copy excerpts  of videos and TV programs to use in training?
• Can I give someone permission to reproduce my work and keep copyright in my name?
• Can I use it if it's anonymous or has no copyright notice?
• Can I use material that I wrote but which I have sold?
• Can I use teaching methods that are described in a book?
• Can someone avoid infringing my copyright by paraphrasing?
• Can we have a more detailed copyright notice?
• Can we stop participants in our courses using the information and ideas that we present at our seminars?
• Different people have created different elements of our training package. How is it protected? Can more than one person own copyright?
• Does copyright protect ideas?
• How can I stop my manual being used by others?
• How can we protect our written material against reproduction by our seminar participants?
• How do I get copyright protection for a training manual I have created?
• How do I protect material that I place on the Internet?
• How do I protect my ideas and methods if I am going to be showing my work to potential publishers?
• How do we get copyright protection for a training video we have produced?
• How do we stop staff members using a company manual when they leave?
• How should I word an assignment of copyright clause?
• I created a training manual for my employer. Should I place my name or my employer�s name on the copyright notice?
• I created training materials for my employer, based on ideas that I had before commencing work there. Who owns the materials and can I use those ideas and techniques in another job?
• I run my own company. Who owns copyright in materials which I create – me or my company?
• I want to give people permission to reproduce my material by putting a note at the front. Can I do that?
• I want to use graphs, tables and diagrams from a publication. Do I need to obtain permission?
• I want to use graphs, tables and diagrams from another source; do I need to obtain permission?
• I was commissioned to write a training manual for a client. Who owns copyright in the manual?
• I�ve created training manuals as part of my job. Who owns the copyright?
• If I have granted someone a non-exclusive licence to publish my training course, can I grant someone else permission to reproduce it?
• If I say where a quote came from, can I use it without permission?
• 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 it for a non profit purpose, do I need permission?
• If I use it for an educational purpose, do I need permission?
• If I use only 10% of a work, do I avoid infringing copyright?
• If I use only 10% of a work, do I infringe copyright?
• Is a name or title protected by copyright?
• Is a work created in Australia protected overseas?
• Is plagiarism the same as copyright infringement?
• Is plagiarism the same as infringing copyright?
• Is the idea for a training manual protected?
• Is there any protection for the hours of labour that have gone into selecting and arranging the material in my manual?
• My copyright has been infringed. What should I do?
• My work is being copied in educational institutions. What should I do?
• Should I put the copyright notice on every page?
• Someone has written a course for us. We want to own copyright but they want the right to use it. What can we do?
• We understand that our company is the owner of copyright in materials produced by its staff, but our company wants to protect staff from having their work used by other institutions without acknowledgement and payment. How can we go about this?
• What are my rights if I sell my material to someone?
• What can we do to prevent former employees using our ideas and teaching methods when they leave our employ?
• What can we do with a training manual we commission?
• What is needed to give people permission to reproduce our materials?
• What is the copyright notice?
• What should I charge for the use of my work?
• Who owns copyright in a commissioned computer program?
• Who owns copyright in a training manual commissioned by a local council?
• Who owns copyright in drawings created for a government?