April 23, 2025

Supporting Emerging Artists: Copyright Agency’s Role in the Co-Opt Club™ x Cotton On Collaboration

The Co-Opt Club™ is a groundbreaking initiative launched by Cotton On, in partnership with Universal Music Group, to empower emerging Australian visual artists by merging fashion and creativity. At the heart of this project lies a mission to foster ethical collaborations between artists and brands—an area where Copyright Agency plays a pivotal role. Empowering Artists […]

April 16, 2025

Books Create Australia: Put books on the agenda this election

In the lead-up to the 3 May Federal Election, the Australian book industry is calling on all readers, writers, publishers and booksellers to stand up for books, stories and ideas. The Books Create Australia election campaign is a joint initiative by four of the sector’s leading organisations: the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), the […]

April 14, 2025

Celebrating 150 years of Margaret Preston: A bold legacy that still inspires

Margaret Preston (1875 – 1963) is one of Australia’s most iconic and influential artists. A trailblazer in modernist painting, a committed advocate for Aboriginal art and Australian identity, and a fearless innovator in style and form, Preston’s legacy remains vividly alive today—not only in the nation’s galleries, but in the everyday lives of people who […]

April 14, 2025

2025 Stella Prize shortlist announced

Congratulations to the six shortlisted authors for the 2025 Stella Prize: Translations by Jumaana Abdu (fiction) The Burrow by Melanie Cheng (fiction) Black Convicts by Santilla Chingaipe (non-fiction) Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser (fiction) Black Witness by Amy McQuire (non-fiction) Cactus Pear For My Beloved by Samah Sabawi (non-fiction) Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund […]

March 31, 2025

LibGen dataset of pirated books used for AI training

On 20 March, The Atlantic published an article about Meta’s use of a dataset of pirated books (called Library Genesis or LibGen) to train its Artificial Intelligence (AI) language model. The Atlantic has provided on an online tool to enable writers and publishers to search the dataset for their titles. You can see the joint […]

Resale Royalty Reciprocity Extension 2025

March 19, 2025

Resale royalty news: International reciprocity extended to a further nine countries

Under the Resale Royalty Scheme, visual artists are entitled to a five per cent share on eligible resales of their original works valued at $1,000 or more in Australia, and the ability to access the schemes in participating countries when their works are resold there.   As of 31 March 2025, international reciprocity will be extended […]

March 11, 2025

Lit Up! New live literature initiative for author events set to revitalise reading

A new initiative launched today by Australia Reads will introduce readers to the benefits of reading through live literature events with Australian authors. A partnership with the Copyright Agency and Creative Australia, LitUp will offer funding and support for 20 communities to host live literature events with writers and illustrators, across primary schools, public libraries, […]

March 5, 2025

Announcing the 2025 Stella Longlisted books

Now in its 30th year, the Stella Prize is an annual literary prize awarded to the most excellent, original and outstanding book written by an Australian woman or non-binary writer. This year the Stella – worth $60,000 – received over 180 entries, with the 2025 judging panel comprising Astrid Edwards (chair), Debra Dank, Leah Jing […]