Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Permitted Uses of Copyright Works and Protected Performances
197. Copying or communicating very small portions of literary or dramatic work for course of education provided by educational institutions
Feedback & supportIf the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use of a literary or dramatic work for a person (X) to —
make a copy of a part (but not the whole) of the work in an edition of the work; or
communicate a part (but not the whole) of the work in an edition of the work.
The conditions are —
the copy or communication is made for the purposes of a course of education provided by an educational institution;
either —
the copy or communication is made on or from the institution’s premises; or
the copy (being an electronic copy) or communication is made on a network operated or controlled by the institution;
the part of the work that is copied or communicated does not exceed —
if the edition has 500 pages or less — 5 pages;
if the edition has more than 500 pages — 5% of the total number of pages in the edition;
if the edition is an electronic edition and is not divided into pages —
5% of the total number of bytes in the edition; and
5% of the total number of words in the edition or, where it is not practicable to use the total number of words as a measure, 5% of the contents of the edition; and
in the 14 days before the day on which the work is copied or communicated, X does not (whether on X’s own behalf or on behalf of another person) —
copy or communicate any part of the work; or
cause any part of the work to be copied or communicated.
In this section, a reference to a literary or dramatic work includes a reference to an explanatory or illustrative artistic work accompanying the literary or dramatic work.