December 11, 2018

The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund distributes more than $1m to Australian creators

The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund continues to invest in Australia’s cultural future, allocating a total of $1,049,145 towards 37 projects with writing and visual arts organisations in its second round of 2018 funding. Key beneficiaries include the National Museum of Australia, to commission non-fiction essays from Australian writers on Living with the Anthropocene; The Guardian, […]

December 10, 2018

Code Reviewer’s report for 2017–18

The report by the Code Reviewer on collecting societies’ compliance with the Code of Conduct in 2017–18 is now available here. Each annual report on compliance looks at, among other things, Copyright Agency’s management of complaints. Copyright Agency provided information to the Code Reviewer on seven matters, raised by members and licensees in 2017–18, that are covered in […]

December 5, 2018

Artist Karla Dickens ‘stunned and delighted’ by Fellowship

This is an edited extract of an interview on ABC Radio National’s The Hub On Art with Karla Dickens, who was recently announced as the inaugural Copyright Agency Visual Artist Fellow for 2018.  The interviewer is The Hub on Art’s host, Eddy Ayres. What difference is this $80,000 Fellowship going to make in your work? […]

November 29, 2018

December payments on the way

Our last member payment date for the year is Friday 14 December. We will shortly be advising members of payments relating to universities distributions which are for electronic sharing and photocopying of member content in the education sector. If you are expecting a payment, here’s a reminder to consider the following: Outstanding claims Log in […]

November 29, 2018

Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund Awards a record $240,000 in Fellowships

The Copyright Agency has awarded Australia’s richest Fellowships at its annual showcase celebrating Australian creativity. Alongside its established Author Fellowship, this year the agency’s Cultural Fund introduced a Fellowship for Non-Fiction Writing and a Fellowship for a Visual Artist. Each are worth $80,000. Copyright Agency CEO Adam Suckling says, “The Fellowships provide mid-career Australian authors and […]

November 29, 2018

What’s the role of creativity in the digital age?

After the Copyright Agency’s AGM on 28 November, a special event was held to stand up for and celebrate Australian authors, publishers and visual artists. At the event, the three 2018 Copyright Agency Fellowships were announced. Read more. Guests at the event also heard from the Copyright Agency’s Chair Kim Williams who posited that “technology is […]

November 28, 2018

Jane Curry re-elected to Copyright Agency Board

The outcome of this year’s election for the Publisher Director position on the Copyright Agency’s Board was announced at the company’s AGM on Wednesday 28 November 2018. Two nominations were received, one from the incumbent director Jane Curry (Ventura Press) and one from Margrete Lamond, a publisher member who is the founder of Dirt Lane […]

November 28, 2018

Copyright Agency sponsors Award for Governance Reporting

The Copyright Agency is a major sponsor of the awards for company annual reports. Copyright Agency’s Director of Commercial Licensing, Guy Johnson, says, “It’s the second year we’re sponsoring the Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA). We support good governance in all its forms and we are very pleased to sponsor the Special Award for Governance Reporting, which […]