This study looks at how a sample of Australian creators understand, use and manage copyright law when they want to incorporate copyrighted material into their work. It focuses particularly on creators’ licensing practices and their employment of copyright exceptions (fair dealing).

This report makes the economic case for flexible copyright exceptions and extended safe harbour provisions.

This study explores the contribution to Australia’s economy of all these industries and compares that with their contribution in other countries. It also examines the balance between the contribution made by the content industries with the contribution of those other industries that rely on limitations and exceptions to copyright.

This handbook provides a number of examples where Section 200AB of the Copyright Act might be of use to libraries, archives, galleries and educational institutions.