Images
Swinburne University pays a Part VB licence fee which allows Swinburne staff to copy and communicate images (photographs, paintings, drawings, cartoons, diagrams, graphic art etc.) for educational purposes without seeking permission from the copyright owner. Copying limits and requirements are discussed below.
Images within other works (incidental artwork)
You can copy an entire image together with the text it illustrates or explains. For example, you can copy a diagram together with the journal article it accompanies. For more information on the limits for copying text based works see the books and articles page.
Images on their own
You can copy an entire published image (from a hard copy original) if it is not separately available in the required format. If the image is separately published, you can still copy it if:
- permission is obtained to copy it; or
- after reasonable investigation it is found that the image cannot be obtained within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price.
You can copy an entire published image (from an electronic original) without having to do any further checking.
Example
You can scan a photograph from a book to put in a PowerPoint lecture if the photograph is not individually available for purchase.
Example
You can copy an image that is freely available on a website to use in your electronic teaching material without checking if it is separately published.
Notice requirements when copying images
If you copy an image under Part VB for educational purposes you must display the Part VB copyright notice immediately before or at the same time as the image.
Alternative sources for images
There are a number of sites dedicated to providing access to open content licenced material such as Creative Commons and Flickr.
Copying outside the Part VB Licence
Where images have been used under alternative licencing arrangements such as through Creative Commons or a licenced database you should not use the Part VB copyright notices discussed above. Instead, you must abide by the terms of the individual licence or permission you have obtained.
New Using Images in Teaching website
Using Images in Teaching is a new website put up by the Copyright Office containing more detailed information on where to find images, how to use images and how to cite images.
For further information contact the Copyright Office.