Writers and Copyright Agency

• collecting and distributing copyright fees for educational and government use of works: Coyright Agency has been appointed by the government to manage the ‘statutory licences’ in the Copyright Act that allow educational institutions and governments to use writers’ works without permission, provided they make fair payment
• as the artists’ agent, licensing works to corporations and others: the agency arrangement is non-exclusive and writers remain free to license their works themselves

• information and seminars
• e-alerts
• funding for writers’ projects and skills development through our Cultural Fund
• advocacy for writers’ rights

• click here to apply to become a Copyright Agency member so:
  •  we can pay you directly if your work is used under a statutory licence; and
  • if you choose to appoint Copyright  Agency as your agent, we can include your works in our licence schemes

• copyright essentials
• Author's guide to becoming a Copyright Agency member
• Copyright Agency’s Facebook page
• FAQs
• Protocols for producing Indigenous Australian cultural intellectual property