CopyrightAccess and your works

CAL 's new corporate licence allows Australian businesses to use works owned by CAL members in return for a licence fee.

The licence, known as CopyrightAccess , is designed to support the proper use and distribution of copyright-protected works in business and has recently been updated to cover the digital use of works.

It is a voluntary licence which allows a company to photocopy, fax, scan, store, email internally and host on a staff intranet, licensed works. Copying is limited to portions of works such as:

• up to 10% of the number of pages or one chapter of a book, whichever is greater;
• up to one chapter or 10% of the number of words of a digital work, whichever is greater; and
• one journal article from any issue – more than one if the articles relate to the same subject matter.

The licence is designed to fill in the gaps in copyright compliance around a company's use of materials provided under subscriptions and other materials it may use. It does not allow customers to create a library or collection intended to replace their need to purchase or subscribe to a particular work.

The licence captures a new revenue stream for CAL members that may not have otherwise existed.

To include your works in the new CAL Corporate Licence you will need to authorise CAL to include your works in both the New Media Licence Schemes (covering the digital use of your works) and CAL's Commercial Reproduction Licence Schemes (covering the hardcopy use of your works).

A new agreement between CAL and our US counterpart, the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) will also provide for the digital use of members' works by businesses based in the US and by their subsidiaries located within Australia .

Click here to view the full information sheet on CAL 's New Media Licence Schemes.

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