Resources

These resources are developed for Curtin staff and students to assist in understanding their obligations and entitlements regarding copyright. They provide general information only and should not be used for legal advice.

Learning and teaching resources

Applying Creative Commons licenses

The Applying Creative Commons Licenses page provides a quick overview on how to mark Creative Commons licensing on a report.

Commercial availability checks

The Commercial Availability Checks page provides information around determining if material is no longer commercially available and related copyright implications.

The presentation below discusses some copyright basics and how they apply in relation to teaching activity for the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Digitising audiovisual materials for teaching

The following resource provides advice to Curtin University staff making audiovisual content available to students online for teaching purposes, including the digitisation of AV material.

Digitising Audiovisual Materials for Teaching

Guest presenter permission and release

This agreement template should be used Curtin staff who plan to store and share guest lectures for educational, promotional, and/or commercial purposes.

Note: If the event is capturing individuals or groups and they are not presenting pre-prepared lectures and/or visual presentations, you should complete the Talent Consent Form instead.

For the following situations we suggest you do not use the template and instead speak with Curtin Legal Services to draft an alternative permission document:

If the speaker(s) wants to modify the terms of the permission and release.
Where the event contains Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property.
If you plan to sub-licence the content containing the speaker(s).

Guest presenter permission template (requires Curtin logon)

This form should be downloaded, completed and sent to the guest for signing. The Curtin Signatory should be local area contact who has engaged the speaker as a guest.

Incarcerated students and teaching resources

The following page provides advice to Curtin University staff involved in the selection of teaching resources and the delivery of teaching to incarcerated students.

Incarcerated Students and Teaching Resources

Interactive copyright resource guide

Interactive Copyright Resource Guide provides information on how to reuse different types of copyright material.
This information is also available in the Using Copyright Resources reference sheet.

Showing films and movies at Curtin

Showing films and movies at Curtin provides advice how members of the Curtin community can navigate the copyright requirements around screening a film or movie at Curtin outside a normal classroom setting.

Study help sites and Curtin content

Many online websites offer a range of services to support students in their studies, including on-demand tutors, the sharing of course notes, re-selling of textbooks, and assignment writing services. However, if students upload substantial copies of Curtin copyright materials to these sites this is considered an infringement of Curtin’s copyright and a breach of Curtin policy and procedure.

The Copyright and Study Help Sites page provides background on these sites and how Curtin staff can respond when such infringements are discovered.

Research resources

Academic publication permission request template

The Academic Publication Permission Request template is for seeking permission to include third party works in publications where the RightsLink service is not available.

Commercial availability checks

Commercial Availability Checks provides information around determining if material is no longer commercially available and related copyright implications.

Copyright, Theses and Espace provides specific advice around copyright concerns relating to HDR copyright obligations and theses.

The Copyright Permission Request For Own Published Work template can be used by a HDR student when requesting permission from a publisher to include their own work in their thesis in espace. It should only be used when the RightsLink service is not available.

HDR copyright permission request template

The General Copyright Permission Request Template can be used by a HDR student when directly requesting permission from a publisher or copyright holder to include third party material in their thesis in espace. It should only be used when the RightsLink service is not available.

Interactive copyright guide

The Using Copyright Resources interactive guide walks you through copying for publication purposes, and provides different guidance depending on the type of third party copyright material you intend on using.

Posting research papers to third party websites

Copyright and Sharing Research Papers Online provides general information on copyright and sharing research papers on commercial websites such as ResearchGate and Academia.edu.

Thesis copyright log

The Thesis Copyright Log template can help HDR students keep records on material they have reused in their thesis, if they have obtained permission for reuse and any other relevant copyright conditions.

Creative Works espace permission request template

The Creative works espace permission request template can be used by researchers when requesting permission for third party copyright material contained in a creative work to be made publicly available on espace.

Other resources

Licence templates to reuse student work

Students at Curtin will almost always retain and own the intellectual property and copyright for any work they complete as a part of their studies. To reuse these works, Curtin staff will need to seek permission from the student and can use the templates below.

For the following situations we suggest you do not use any of the templates; instead speak with Curtin Legal Services to draft an alternative permission document:

If the student(s) wants to modify the terms of the permission and release.
Where the student work contains Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property.
If you plan to sub-licence the student work.

Licence to use Student Work for educational purposes only

For Curtin staff who plan to use students works for educational purposes (e.g. to use to demonstrate exemplars of assessment submissions).

Licence to Use Student Work – Educational

Licence to use Student Work for commercial/promotional purposes only

For Curtin staff who plan to store and share student works for educational, promotional, and/or commercial purposes.

Licence to Use Student Work – Commercial