LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT LICENCE?
Explore the table below to see which licence is right for you and send your enquiry.
Copyright Agency Licences
Are You...
Education 
Visual Arts 
Corporate 
Government 
Pay-Per-Use Sharing or copying content for educational/training purposes.
e.g., placemaking, merchandise.
Using, sharing, storing published content within your organisation.
We have agreements with the Commonwealth and State and Territory government departments to allow staff to copy and share content internally for government purposes.
Local councils and government owned corporations are not covered by government statutory arrangements.
Monitoring and analysing print and/or online news as the primary focus of your business.
For newspaper or journal content purposes.
Are You...
Right licence for you
Sharing or copying content for educational/training purposes.
e.g., placemaking, merchandise.
Using, sharing, storing published content within your organisation.
We have agreements with the Commonwealth and State and Territory government departments to allow staff to copy and share content internally for government purposes.
Local councils and government owned corporations are not covered by government statutory arrangements.
Monitoring and analysing print and/or online news as the primary focus of your business.
For newspaper or journal content purposes.
STILL UNSURE OF WHAT LICENCE IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
Our experts are here to guide you through the process. Enquire now and let us tailor a solution that suits your needs.
LICENCES WE OFFER
Most text and images are covered by copyright. So, if you are using someone else’s text or images, you usually need permission or a licence.
STATUTORY EDUCATION LICENCES
All eligible Australian educational institutions can apply for the Statutory Education Licence. This licence is set out within the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) and allows copying and communication of third party text, images and print music for educational purposes.
Copyright Agency has sector wide agreements in place that cover universities, TAFEs and schools. Additionally, Copyright Agency also has individual agreements with more than 1,000 other private education providers including higher education and ELICOS providers, RTOs, tutoring organisations, training arms, professional associations, community & specialist colleges and early childhood education providers.
VISUAL ART LICENCES
Copyright Agency can help you with a licence to use artwork for your specific needs, with access to works by over 50,000 artists internationally.
We work with a wide variety of clients to license artwork for a range of uses; big and small. Whether that is working with a First Nations artist from your region, a world-famous international artist, or artworks based on a visual theme to tell your story. As experts in our field, we can help you find the right match for your project and guide you through the process.
By working with us, you can be confident artists are fairly rewarded for the use of their art and that the licensing process is easy for you.
CORPORATE LICENCES
Copyright Agency’s annual corporate licence allows your staff to legally copy and share Australian and international third-party literary content within your organisation. This includes news media, journal articles, research reports, trade publications, books and website content. The annual corporate licence also enables you to communicate Australian newspaper articles to anyone, anywhere in the world.
- General Corporate across most sectors, including associations, not-for-profits and government-owned corporations.
Plus, tailored licences for:
- Life Sciences – including regulatory consultant and contract research organisations
- PR and communications
- Local government
- Religious organisations
STATUTORY GOVERNMENT LICENCES
The Government Statutory Licence allows Commonwealth, State and Territory governments (the Crown) and persons authorised in writing by the Crown to use copyright material for the purposes of the Crown.
This licence is set out within the Copyright Act 1969 (the Act) and allows copying and communication of third party text, images and print music.
Copyright Agency has agreements in place that cover departments and agencies across Commonwealth, State and Territory governments. Local governments are specifically excluded from the Government Statutory Licence and can instead usually be covered by a special Corporate Licence.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT LICENCES
Local Governments are not covered by the Government Statutory Licence arrangements, so Copyright Agency has developed a bespoke copyright licence for councils.
The licence enables councils to provide copyright coverage for all indoor staff for their day to day activities, streamlining workflows and ensuring council staff can get on with their jobs.
MEDIA MONITORING LICENCES
Copyright Agency licenses Media Monitoring Organisations to use our members’ valuable news and journalism in their businesses.
PAY-PER-USE LICENCES
Copyright Agency’s RightsPortal platform makes it simple for you to reuse the specific pieces of content you need, when you need them. It provides Pay-Per-Use rights for the text from more than 1000 Australian news and magazines publications from Australian Community Media, Are Media, Nine Publishing and News Corp.
EXCLUDED WORKS: Some works are not covered by some of the licences we offer as agent for our members. These exclusions do not apply to educational institutions and government departments and agencies covered by statutory licences. See excluded works
