Statutory Text and Artistic Licence is set out in Section 113P of the Copyright Act and permits
educational institutions to make multiple
copies of
literary,
dramatic,
musical and
artistic works for
educational purposes. This
licence allows
schools and TAFE institutes to
copy and
communicate text and
artistic works in both
hard copy and electronic form.
The scheme for managing copying from source material in electronic form under the
Statutory Text and Artistic Licence is called the EUS (Electronic Use Scheme).There are rules about how much of a text or
artistic work a
school/TAFE can
copy and how it can be communicated. These rules vary depending on whether the source material is in
hard copy or electronic form.
Payment under this
Licence is made to the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) which is the declared
collecting society that administers the
Licence.
See Education Licence B: Statutory Text and Artistic Licence for further information