Copyright statement
Unless otherwise stated, the material published within the Curtin website is Curtin copyright.
Information for students and staff about copyright can be found Curtin University of Technology's copyright website.
Under the "fair dealing" provisions of the Commonwealth of Australia Copyright Act 1968 an individual may make a single copy of a "reasonable portion" of the material on this site without prior permission or payment, provided it is for the purposes of research or study, criticism or review.
Limited amounts of material may also be used by educational institutions or other agencies that participate in a statutory licence agreement in accordance with Part VB of the Copyright Act.
Aside from these specific uses, no part of this site may be reproduced, in whole or in part, without the specific written permission of Curtin first-hand and obtained. Generally speaking, the University is disposed to allow a "reasonable portion" of the material on this site to be reproduced and communicated for educational or non-commercial purposes, provided that:
- express permission is sought and granted beforehand; and
- due acknowledgement is given as to the source of the material so used.
Persons wishing to obtain permission to use material from the site in this way should address their request in the first instance to the Copyright and Compliance Officer, Legal and Compliance Office (see contact details below).
Copyright Obligations
Curtin staff and students are subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth), and must adhere to the University's procedures and requirements relating to copyright and moral rights. Staff and students who infringe these requirements will be liable to disciplinary action, and may leave themselves open to prosecution by individual copyright owners.
Specific information about the use of copyright material for teaching, study and research purposes can be found on the University's Copyright website at http://copyright.curtin.edu.au/, and Curtin's Copyright Procedures are available at http://policies.curtin.edu.au/documents/copyright_procedures.pdf
Curtin staff and students should also make themselves familiar with the University's policies and requirements regarding the Conditions of Use and Code of Practice for Appropriate Use of its ICT facilities. The relevant policies can be accessed at http://www.policies.curtin.edu.au/documents/ICT_Manual.pdf
Reporting Copyright Infringements
If you have reason to believe that a Curtin student, staff member or associate has infringed copyright in the course of his/her activities at the University, you should report the matter to the Copyright and Compliance Officer, Legal and Compliance Office , Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845. (Telephone 08-9266-7494).
Specifically, the Copyright and Compliance Officer is the University's Designated Representative to receive notices or notifications from third parties in relation to content transmitted, cached, hosted or referred to on the University's ICT system.
External parties who believe that material available on the Curtin University of Technology network constitutes a breach of their copyright, or breaches an agreed licence or contract, should notify the Copyright and Compliance Officer by using the Take Down Notice form.
Persons proposing to submit a Take Down Notice should note the following:
Your notification must include -
- Sufficient information to enable us to identify the copyrighted work that is the subject of the claimed infringement or, if multiple copyrighted works are involved, a representative list of such works; and
- Sufficient information to permit us to locate and access such material; and
- Sufficient information to permit us to contact you, such as your name, address, telephone number and email address.
- An indication of whether you are the owner of the content, or if you are acting on their behalf. Details of all parties must be supplied, including the relationship between them.