Copyright statement

Unless otherwise stated, Curtin University owns the copyright to all material published on the Curtin University website.

No part of this site may be reproduced, in whole or in part, unless written permission from Curtin is obtained, or the use fits one of the special circumstances listed below. Persons wishing to obtain permission to use material from the site should address their request in the first instance to the Copyright Officer using the contact details listed below.

Special circumstances:

Under the fair dealing provisions of the Commonwealth of Australia Copyright Act 1968 an individual may make a single copy of a “reasonable portion” of the material on this site provided it is for the purposes of research or study, criticism or review.
Limited amounts of material may be used by educational institutions or other agencies that participate in a statutory licence agreement in accordance with s113P of the Copyright Act 1968.
Content marked with a Creative Commons (CC) licence by incorporating the CC licence icon or CC licence notice may be used as per the terms of the selected licence.
Content relating to The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork or First Nations artwork on the John Curtin Gallery Website require additional approvals to protect Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP). To request the use of this material, please contact the John Curtin Gallery.

All of these uses must acknowledge Curtin University as the source of the material.

Copyright obligations

Curtin staff and students are subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth), and must adhere to the University’s procedures and requirements relating to copyright and moral rights. Staff and students who infringe these requirements will be liable to disciplinary action, and may leave themselves open to prosecution by individual copyright owners.

Specific information about the use of copyrighted material for teaching, study and research purposes can be found on the University’s Copyright website and Curtin’s Copyright Procedures. Curtin staff and students should also make themselves familiar with the University’s ICT Appropriate Use Policy.

Reporting copyright infringements

If you have reason to believe that a Curtin student or staff member has infringed copyright in the course of his/her activities at the University, you should report the matter to the Copyright Officer, using the contact details listed below.

The Copyright Officer is the University’s Designated Representative to receive notices or notifications from third parties in relation to content transmitted, cached, hosted or referred to on the University’s ICT system.

External parties who believe that material available on the Curtin University network constitutes a breach of their copyright, or breaches an agreed licence or contract, should notify the Copyright Officer directly providing the following information:

Sufficient information to enable us to identify the copyrighted work that is the subject of the claimed infringement or, if multiple copyrighted works are involved, a representative list of such works; and
Sufficient information to permit us to locate and access such material; and
Sufficient information to permit us to contact you, such as your name, address, telephone number and email address.
An indication of whether you are the owner of the content, or if you are acting on their behalf.

Details of all parties must be supplied, including the relationship between them.

Copyright Officer contact information:

Email: Library-Copyright@curtin.edu.au

Phone: +61 8 9266 7494

Mailing Address:

If you have a general query or a query related to enrolment, please submit a question to our support team. For detailed information about our courses, please visit our website.