Writers Support
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COPYRIGHT CLINIC
The Australian Copyright Council (ACC)
The Australian Copyright Council was founded in 1968 as an independent, non-profit organisation representing Australia’s major copyright collecting societies and the peak bodies representing professional artists and creators
working in Australia’s creative industries. Most of the ACC’s revenue comes from seminars, publication sales and member fees. They also receive substantial funding from the Australia Council.
The ACC believes that a society’s culture can only flourish when its creators are secure in their right to benefit from their creative work, and when access to those creative works is easy, legal and affordable. There
are a large number of information sheets on their website relating to copyright that anyone may download for personal use, one of the most important for a non-fiction or family history writer being ‘Photographers and Copyright’. Go to Website Watch
for more information.
Website Watch
The Australian Copyright Council (ACC)
The Australian Copyright Council is an independent, non-profit organisation supporting people working in Australia’s creative industries. They provide practical, user-friendly
information, legal advice, education and forums on Australian copyright law. To find out if you are eligible for assistance or to download free information sheets on copyright in Australia, go to their website at http://www.copyright.org.au
Arts Law Centre of Australia
The Arts Law Centre of
Australia (Arts Law) was established with the support of the Australia Council for the Arts in 1983 as a non-profit company to provide specialised legal and business advice, referral services, professional development resources and advocacy for artists and
arts organisations working across all art forms.
The centre is staffed by seven full-time and five part-time employees, five of which are qualified lawyers,
as well as volunteer lawyers and students who play a crucial role in its ability to deliver services.
Arts Law’s aim is to create an arts
community which understands their legal rights and has sufficient business and legal skills to achieve financial security and carry out their arts practice in a non-exploitive and culturally aware environment. For more information go to Website Watch and follow
the links.
Website Watch
Arts Law Centre of Australia
The Arts Law Centre of Australia (Arts Law) is a non-profit company which provides specialised legal and business advice, referral services, professional development resources and advocacy for artists and arts
organisations. You can find out legal information from their website on these topics and more: Crafts, Design, Digital,
Film & TV, Literature, Music, Performance,
Photography, Visual arts, Business
names & structures, Censorship, Confidentiality, Contract,
Copyright & moral rights, Debt, Defamation,
Employment & tax, Indigenous issues, Insurance
& liability. Trade practices, Trademark, Wills
& estates or find out more about the way they work on http://www.artslaw.com.au.
Creative Commons Australia
People sometimes see the term ‘Wikipedia Commons’ in relation to a photograph or artwork, but what does that mean? Creative Commons is an international non-profit
organisation that provides free licences and tools which copyright owners can use to allow other people to share, reuse and remix their material legally.
Click
on any graphic or photograph in a Wikipedia page to enlarge it, and the link will take you to a page with an enlargement of the graphic and also information about the type of licence under which you may use it and any conditions and attributions that you must
adhere to if you do.
Creative Commons Australia is the affiliate that supports Creative Commons in Australia and administers the Australian Creative Commons
licences. Go to Website Watch for more information.
Website Watch
Creative Commons Australia
Creative Commons Australia is the affiliate that supports Creative Commons in Australia and administers the Australian Creative Commons licences. It is a project of the Australian Research
Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation’s Law for Creative Innovation research program – see http://www.cci.edu.au. The project is run in conjunction with the QUT faculty of Law’s
Intellectual Property: Knowledge, Culture and Economy research program – see http://www.ip.qut.edu.au. On the Creative Commons Australia website you can search through several data bases for photographs and other
material and music you can use, including Google – go to http://creativecommons.org.au