This is a list of past legal proceedings relating to licences managed by the Copyright Agency.
Court decisions
See also Copyright Tribunal decisions.
| Case | Court | Judgement date | Issue | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copyright Agency Limited v State of NSW | High Court | 6 August 2008 | Government did not own copyright in survey plans; no implied licence to use plans | transcript of proceedings(16 Nov 2007) transcript of proceedings (23 April 2008) |
| Copyright Agency Limited v State of NSW | Federal Court (Full Court) | 05 June 2007 | Government had implied licence to use survey plans: overturned on appeal to High Court | |
| Copyright Agency Limited v Queensland Department of Education | Federal Court (Full Court) | 10 August 2007 | Copyright Tribunal has power to determine an electronic use system providing for access, under the statutory licence for education | |
| Copyright Agency Ltd v University of Adelaide | Federal Court (Full Court) | 22 December 1999 | Different rates for different types of content and use under statutory licence for education; rate for text with accompanying illustrations | Transcript: application for special leave to appeal decision to High Court (refused) |
| Copyright Agency Ltd v Charles Sturt University | Federal Court | 24 August 2001 | copying for university external students | |
| Nationwide news v Copyright Agency | Federal Court (Full Court) | 18 April 1996 | infringement of ‘published edition’ copyright; authorship of newspaper articles | |
| Nationwide News Pty Ltd & Ors v Copyright Agency Ltd | Federal Court (Wilcox J) | 31 January 1995 | ||
| Copyright Agency Ltd & Ors v Victoria University of Technology | Federal Court (Full Court) | 28 February 1995 | ||
| Copyright Agency Ltd & Ors v. Victoria University of Technology | Federal Court (Gummow J) | 30 September 1994 | ||
| De Garis v Neville Jeffress Pidler | Federal Court (Beaumont J) | 1990 | press clipping agency’s activities not fair dealing | |
| Haines v Copyright Agency | Federal Court (Full Court) | 22 July 1982 | relationship between the exception for fair dealing for research or study, and the statutory licence for education |
Copyright Tribunal determinations
There are links to all the Tribunal’s determinations on its website.
| Copyright Agency Ltd v Department of Education of NSW [1985] ACopyT 1 (20 March 1985) | equitable remuneration |
| Copyright Agency Ltd v University of Adelaide [1999] ACopyT 1 | equitable remuneration |
| Copyright Agency Limited v University of Adelaide (No 2) [2000] ACopyT 6 (14 June 2000) | sampling system |
| Copyright Agency Limited v Queensland Department of Education [2002] ACopyT 1 (8 February 2002) | equitable remuneration |
| Copyright Agency Limited v Queensland Department of Education [2006] ACopyT 1 (7 April 2006) | electronic use system |
28 August 2015
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