CAL licence introduction

The CAL licence is the educational statutory licence under Part VB of the Copyright Act. It is administered by the copyright collecting agency for authors and publishers - Copyright Agency Limited (CAL).

Under the CAL licence, text, images and written music can be copied by Monash staff for the educational purposes of the University. Only currently enrolled students and staff can have access to material copied under the CAL licence.

It is important to familiarise yourself with the limits on the amount of a work that can be copied under the licence and with the additional restrictions that apply to copies in electronic formats and copies that are to be put online or transmitted by email .

Important

All text and music to be put online under the CAL licence must be submitted to the Digitisation Centre in the Library (see Readings and Reserve ). Readings must not be put directly online independently of the Digitisation Centre or copyright may be infringed.

All copies in electronic formats must contain the copyright warning notice as prescribed under Part VB of the Copyright Act. You can download the CAL warning notice here . See also 6 tips for compiling a unit guide.

Course handbooks or unit guides should include a copyright statement on the front or contents page.

Journal articles sourced from online databases cannot be used under the CAL licence. The use of database articles must comply with the terms and conditions of the relevant database licence. See also Using journal articles.

There is more information available on the CAL licence from the Solicitors' Office Copyright pages and in the

• Guidelines for using text and graphic materials in pdf format
• Guidelines for using text and graphic materials in rtf format

Send inquiries to the university's Copyright Advisor.