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Attributing Course Material Owned by Someone Else

If you publish print material owned by someone else, such as independent contractors, commercial publishers, government bodies or students, you should always clearly indicate the source of the material in the footer of each page.

When you incorporate works, such as illustrations, photographs or charts, which are owned by someone else, into a resource, you should include the copyright information next to the actual work.

What if I Have Permission from the Copyright Owner to Reproduce the Material?

If you have permission from a copyright owner to reproduce their material, check with the copyright owner how they would like to be attributed.

See additional examples in Attachment A.

What if I am Using Clip Art?

If you are using Clip Art, always check the terms and conditions of use. Clip Art is generally free to use.  It is often not practical to attribute each individual image, so include a notice that the images are sourced from Clip Art in the footer of the page on which the images appear.

What if I am Using AEShareNet or Creative Commons Material?

Material that can be used for free, such as material made available under a AEShareNet or Creative Commons licence, should be labelled in accordance with the terms of the licence.

TAFE institutes commonly use Commonwealth endorsed Training Packages, which are licensed under an AEShareNet licence and can be used for free. If you are incorporating extracts from Training Packages in your own resources, you should clearly attribute these extracts.

See additional examples in Attachment A.

What If I am Relying on the Part VB (Hardcopy and Electronic) Statutory Licence Scheme)?

It is important that, where possible, you include enough information to enable CAL to identify the copyright owner. These details may include the name of the author, title, publisher, edition or date of publication and ISBN or ISSN.

If you are copying from a website, you should include the full URL address of the page from which you are copying and the date that you accessed the website. If you are using artwork from a search engine, such as Google Images, double-click on the image to find the correct URL address.

You should always include the words ‘Copied Under Part VB’.

See additional examples in Attachment A.

If you are communicating the work in an electronic form, such as by email or by making it available on an intranet, it must include the prescribed Part VB notice, which is attached as Attachment B.

If you are making Part VB content available on a content repository, a practical way of including this notice is to insert a link to the notice from the attribution information. The notice would be uploaded on to the repository and then linked to when required.

 Where it is not possible to include a link to the notice from the attribution information, the notice may be displayed (flashed) on the screen as the user logs into the repository. Although the Copyright Act does require the notice be attached to the material, it is not always possible to do this and displaying the notice is a practical way of including the notice in a repository.

Where the notice is displayed on screen, it is important to state that the notice will only apply to some of the material on the repository. This is because not all material saved to the repository will be material copied under the Statutory Text and Artistic Works Licence. For example, the following sentence can be included above the notice ‘Some of the material in this repository may have been copied and communicated under the Statutory Text and Artistic Works Licence. For this material, the following notice applies [INSERT PART VB NOTICE]’

If you are presenting a PowerPoint that includes a number of works copied under Part VB, it is sufficient to include an introductory or closing slide with the requisite Part VB information.

A flowchart, setting out how material should be attributed, is attached as Attachment C.

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