Frequently asked questions

The following questions and responses are primarily focused on use of copyright works for educational, non-commercial purposes and use within the terms of the Statutory licences (Parts VA and VB), related educational licences and other allowances within the Copyright Act.

If your question relates to use of copyright content for other purposes (marketing, commercial etc.) please refer to the information about copyright and University business activities.

Unlinked pages listed below are still under development but you may still find the information you need (as a downloadable information sheet or guide) on the Resources and Downloads section of this website.

• About the concept of copyright, liability, and what copyright Monash claims
• Ownership of copyright at Monash

FAQs relating to teaching activities

• Preparing course materials (course readers, unit guides, lectures, handouts, exam papers)
• Copying from books for course materials
• Using images in course materials
• Providing access to journal articles when teaching
• Lecturing
• Using copyright content in online teaching and learning
  (MUSO /Blackboard; using the Library's Digitisation / Readings & Reserve service; using e-journals and electronic databases).
• Using audio or audio-visual content for educational purposes
• Using content from the internet
• Using new interactive technologies: blogs, wikis, podcasts, user generated web spaces - NOTE we're still developing these as FAQs but have posted an information sheet with aspects to consider on the Resources and Downloads section (Creating course materials > Monash University Copyright guides and information sheets)
• Using music

FAQs relating to research and study

• Using copyright material in research
• Fair Dealing
• Using images in your assignments, coursework or research
• Preparing an eThesis
• Self-Publishing, Open Access, Legal Deposit and ISBN numbers
• Using software, games, multimedia resources
• Using content protected by Technological Protection Measures (TPMs) or Digital Rights Management (DRMs)
• Recording performances
• Using new interactive technologies: blogs, wikis, podcasts, user generated web spaces - NOTE we're still developing these as FAQs but have posted an information sheet with aspects to consider on the Resources and Downloads section (Creating course materials > Monash University Copyright guides and information sheets)
• Moral Rights, Citation practices, acknowledgement and plagiarism
• Filming, photographing artworks and buildings at Monash

Send an email inquiry to the University's Copyright Adviser.