Subject Outlines & Copyright
Consideration needs to be given to the source of material being placed in your Subject Outline. As far as copyright is concerned there are 2 main sources, material you or CSU have created and currently own copyright and material created by others for which they or their publisher will own copyright.
Copyright owned by the University
The copyright in materials created in the course of your work with CSU are generally owned by the University. Materials may be placed in the Subject Outline where the copyright is owned by the University.
Copyright owned by others
Materials created by others cannot be included in your online Subject Outline unless:
- the copyright owner has granted written permission
- it is considered to be in the ‘public domain’, for which the copyright period has expired - generally the lifetime of the creator plus 70 years
- written permission available under a Creative Commons Licence
- supplied under licence to the University
Third-party copyright works, for which the above conditions do not apply, must not be scanned and placed in Subject Outlines, they must be handled differently in order to comply with the law.
Third party copyright readings and audio visual resources
Charles Sturt can rely on the statutory licence for education, Copyright Act 1968 Section 113P for use of some third party copyright resources for teaching. Copies must only be accessible to registered students through internal networks with access requiring a Charles Sturt login. Copyright warning notices should be shown with the copies. Limits apply depending on the type of material and source. Resources must be appropriately stored in DOMS or Leganto for reporting to copyright collecting societies. Readings and audio-visual content used under the statutory licences must not be uploaded to the LMS content collections. For more information see the Copyright Support site in Brightspace or email copyright@csu.edu.au