Excluded Works

Copyright Agency’s Statutory Education Licences and licence agreements for Government departments and agencies cover all text and images from any source, from anywhere in the world. Some works are excluded from our annual business licences and visual arts licences.

Annual Business LICENces

The works listed below are specifically excluded from the annual business licences. This list may change from time to time.

Song lyrics and sheet music: contact APRA AMCOS

Works published by:

  • Aspermont Media Ltd
  • Bible Society of South Africa
  • Brenthurst Press Pty Ltd
  • Capital Brief Pty Ltd
  • City University of Hong Kong Press
  • Fourth Estate Holdings Ltd (publisher of National Business Review NZ)
  • InnovationAus.com Pty Ltd
  • Lawyerly Media Pty Ltd
  • New Asia Publishing House Ltd
  • Private Media
  • Southwestern Inspire Kindness, Inc
  • UNISA Press
  • Warren Communications New, Inc
  • Witman Publishing Co (HK) Ltd
  • Zachen Publishers Pty Ltd

Generative AI Licence Extension for Australian Newspaper Articles

For the purposes of the generative AI rights in the Annual Business Licence, the Australian editions of international newspapers, such as The Daily Mail and The Guardian (UK), are excluded.

Updated May 2025