Copyright

Original works and other subject matter are automatically given protection under the Copyright Act, regardless of whether the © symbol is present. Works and other subject matter that are protected by copyright may include, for example, books, computer programs, articles, scripts, sculptures, engravings, artworks, films, and music recordings. Web pages are also protected by copyright.

The Copyright Act does not stop staff and students from copying altogether, but it does impose rules regarding what, how much, and for what purposes you may copy works protected by copyright. The amount you may copy under the fair dealing and statutory license provisions depends upon why you are copying and the type of material you are copying.

For information on what you may copy for research, study, criticism or review, click here.

For information on what you may copy for teaching purposes, click here.

Copyright also protects the authors of artistic works, dramatic works, musical works, literary works and films. Authors have moral rights, which include among other things the right to be properly acknowledged when they are quoted or paraphrased. Failure to do so is called plagiarism. Consequently, plagiarism is a breach of copyright, and therefore is not only against UOW policy, but is also illegal.

What is plagiarism?