Monash University copyright statements

Copyright arises automatically and does not need to be registered in Australia. However, it is advisable to use a copyright notice to remind readers that the material is protected by copyright. The following copyright statements should be used on materials that are produced at Monash University.

Course readers
Course materials distributed in CD, DVD or CD Rom Format
Course materials provided in MUSO unit websites
Print and web publications written solely by Monash staff where Monash is the copyright owner
General webpages

Copyright Warning for course materials

The following copyright notice should be included on print materials that are owned by Monash.

Copyright Warning:
All materials produced for teaching this course of study, including all lectures and any supplementary materials are protected by copyright. You are permitted to use these materials only for your personal study and research. Use of the materials for any other purposes, including sale of your personal lecture notes, without express permission of the copyright owner, may infringe copyright. The copyright owner may take action against you for infringement.”

Course readers

The following statement should be used on course readers or unit guides that contain copyright material owned by third parties or a mixture of copyright owners.

Copyright © (insert year). NOT FOR RESALE. All materials produced for this course of study are reproduced under Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968, or with permission of the copyright owner or under terms of database agreements. These materials are protected by copyright. Monash students are permitted to use these materials for personal study and research only. Use of these materials for any other purposes, including copying or resale, without express permission of the copyright owner, may infringe copyright.

Course materials distributed in CD, DVD or CD Rom Format

Disk formats should include the following text as a warning label

Copyright © (insert year). NOT FOR RESALE. These materials are for the use of Monash students only. Monash students are permitted to use these materials for research and study. Use of these materials for any other purposes, including copying, communication or sale, without express permission of the copyright owner, may infringe copyright. Users are reminded that no copy of the contents of this item can be retained. Students use this item at their own risk.

In addition, any course material distributed in disk format to students that includes content reproduced under the Part VB 'CAL' licence must include a Part VB copyright warning notice/text.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Copyright Regulations 1969

WARNING

This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of Monash University pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further reproduction or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act.

Do not remove this notice.

The notice must appear before or at the same time as the content is accessed.

A similar notice must be used if including TV /radio broadcast content copied in reliance on the Part VA 'Screenrights' licence:

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Copyright Regulations 1969

WARNING

This material has been copied and communicated to you by or on behalf of Monash University pursuant to Part VA of the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further copying or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright or performers' protection under the Act.

Do not remove this notice.

Course materials provided in MUSO unit websites

MUSO webpage footers (esp. the unit site homepage) should contain a copyright indicator as follows:

Course materials, including lectures, as made available within this site are Copyright © 2008 Monash University and its licensors. Course materials are made available for your personal research and study only; further reproduction or transmission is prohibited.

Course material (esp. lectures) put online in MUSO that includes content (text or images) reproduced under the Part VB 'CAL' licence must include a Part VB copyright warning notice/text.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Copyright Regulations 1969

WARNING

This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of Monash University pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further reproduction or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act.

Do not remove this notice.

The notice must appear before or at the same time as the content is accessed. The most efficient way to do this is by adding the notice text into the MUSO unit homepage header (ie rather than attaching this notice to each lecture or each image uploaded). For text excerpts please use the Readings and Reserve service.

A similar notice must be displayed with any TV or radio broadcast content put online in reliance on the Part VA 'Screenrights' licence:

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Copyright Regulations 1969

WARNING

This material has been copied and communicated to you by or on behalf of Monash University pursuant to Part VA of the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further copying or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright or performers' protection under the Act.

Do not remove this notice.

Note that it may be best to display this notice as part of a caption or as information next to a direct link to the file, or within the header of a sub-page or 'folder' where the content resides in the MUSO unit site.

Print and web publications written solely by Monash staff where Monash is the copyright owner

The following statement should be used on the verso page of print publications and web publications such as PDF documents that have been written solely by Monash staff.

Copyright © Monash University (insert year) All rights reserved. Except as provided in the Copyright Act 1968, this work may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of (insert address of relevant faculty/department/centre).

Webpages

On Monash websites the following statement should be displayed on each webpage. The copyright statement indicates the year copyright ownership was first asserted. Do not change this to accord with the year the webpage was last updated.

Other legal requirements for webpages such as privacy statements can be found in the Web Style Guide.