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Contacts
APRA AMCOS: Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA); Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society Ltd (AMCOS)
www.apraamcos.com.au
Helps music creators get paid for their work.
Arts Law Centre of Australia
www.artslaw.com.au
The national community legal centre for artists and arts organisations.
Australian Copyright Council
www.copyright.org.au
Legal advice is only available via the website.
Copyright Agency
www.copyright.com.au
Collects fees and distributes royalties to creator members for the use of text and images.
Australian Government – IP Australia
www.ipaustralia.gov.au
Enables searches for registered patents, trade marks and designs and applications for intellectual property rights.
OneMusic Australia
www.onemusic.com.au
Provides public performance access to works, sound recordings and music videos in one licence.
PPCA (Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Ltd)
www.ppca.com.au
Provides licences to Australian businesses to play recorded music in public.
Screenrights: Audio-Visual Copyright Society Limited
www.screenrights.org
Administers provisions in the Copyright Act that allow educational institutions to copy from television and radio.
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
www.wipo.int
An international intellectual property organisation.
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Chapter: 7.6: Copyright
Contributor: Margaret Ryan, Lawyer and Trade Marks Attorney, IP by Margaret®
Current as of: 1 September 2024
Law Handbook Page: 685
Next Section: 7.7: Trade marks
