We provide Legal Advice to the following:
creators (e.g. composers, writers, artists, film makers and photographers);
staff of arts and cultural organisations (involved in producing, assisting or supporting the creative arts);
staff and members of organisations affiliated with the Copyright Council;
staff of educational institutions (with the exception of state schools in Queensland, who have been referred to in-house lawyers); and staff of libraries and archives, including staff of galleries and museums.
Our Legal Advice Service is generally directed to individuals and organisations that:
lack the financial means to obtain privately funded legal services; or
whose cases are expected to raise issues of public interest; or
are of general concern to disadvantaged groups in the community.
Where enquirers do not lack financial means, they largely belong to a category where, for reasons of public interest, specialist provisions have been introduced into Australian copyright law (e.g. exceptions for educational and collecting institutions, and statutory licensing arrangements for collecting societies).