Corporate & Governance

Guidelines for Collecting Societies

• Declaration of Collecting Societies – Guidelines

Constitution

• Constitution

Distribution Policy

• Distribution Policy

Competing Claim Resolution Procedures

• Screenrights Competing Claim Resolution Procedures (CCRP)

Complaints Procedure

• Complaints Handling Procedure

Other ADR Procedures

• Disputes between Screenrights and its Licensees
• Disputes between Screenrights and its Members

Sponsorship Guidelines

• Guidelines for Sponsorship

• 2023-24 Full Report (3.6mb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2023-24 Highlights (2.5mb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2022-23 Full Report (2mb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2022-23 Highlights (4mb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2021-22 Full Report (895kb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2021-22 Highlights (2mb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2020-21 Full Report (1mb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2020-21 Highlights (2.7mb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2019-20 Full Report (3mb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2019-20 Highlights (2.1mb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2018-19 Full Report (545kb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2018-19 Highlights (2mb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2017-18 Full Report (6.2mb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2017-18 Highlights (4.9mb – non-PDF HTML version available here)
• 2016-17 Full Report (2.7mb)
• 2016-17 Highlights (1.7mb)
• 2015-16 Full Report (2.7mb)
• 2015-16 Highlights (3.9mb)
• 2014-15 Full Report (4.4mb)
• 2014-15 Highlights (4.9mb)
• 2013-14 Full Report (4.4mb)
• 2013-14 Highlights (4.9mb)

Screenrights participates in the Code of Conduct for Copyright Collecting Societies and agrees to be bound by the Code. Screenrights’ compliance with the code is reviewed each year by an independent expert, and the code itself is reviewed every three years. You can find out more about the Code of Conduct for Copyright Collecting Societies here.

The Code

• Code of Conduct for Copyright Collecting Societies (as amended 20 May 2022)
• Code of Conduct for Copyright Collecting Societies (as amended 1 July 2019)
• Code of Conduct for Copyright Collecting Societies (as amended 20 March 2017)
• Explanatory Memorandum

Screenrights Report to the Code Reviewer

• Screenrights Annual Compliance Report (2022/23)
• Screenrights Annual Compliance Report (2021/22)
• Screenrights Annual Compliance Report (2020/21)
• Screenrights Annual Compliance Report (2019/20)

Annual Compliance Report – Call for Submissions Notice

• Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct Call for Submissions (2024)

Triennial Review – Call for Submissions Notice

• Review of Code of Conduct for Copyright Collecting Societies – Notice by the Triennial Code Reviewer (2025)

Triennial Reviews

• Code of Conduct of the Copyright Collecting Societies in Australia – Triennial Review (2022)
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• Code of Conduct of the Copyright Collecting Societies in Australia – Triennial Review (2017)
• Triennial Supplementary Report (October 2015)
• Code of Conduct of the Copyright Collecting Societies in Australia – Triennial Review (2014)
• Code of Conduct of the Copyright Collecting Societies in Australia – Triennial Review (2011)
• Code of Conduct of the Copyright Collecting Societies in Australia – Triennial Review (2008)
• Code of Conduct of the Copyright Collecting Societies in Australia – Review (2005)

Compliance Reports

• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2023/24)
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2022/23)
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2021/22)
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2020/21)
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2019/20)
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2018/19)
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2017/18)
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2016/17)
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2015/16)
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2014/15)
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2013/14)
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2012/13)
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2011/12)
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2010/11) and Appendices Part I and Part II
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2009/10) and Appendix
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2008/09) and Appendix
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2007/08) and Appendix
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2006/07) and Appendix
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2005/06) and Appendix
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2004/05) and Appendix
• Code of Conduct Compliance Report (2003/04) and Appendix

• Corporate Governance Statement

• Response to the Australian Government Productivity Commission’s Questionnaire regarding Pillar 3: Harnessing data and digital technology – Submission by Screenrights (2025)
• Response to AMPLIFY A Creative and Cultural Strategy for New Zealand – Submission by Screenrights (2024)
• Response to Orphan Works Scheme – Design Options – Submission by Screenrights (2024)
• Position Paper on the expansion of the statutory education licence under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) – Position Paper by Screenrights (2024)
• Response to Draft Guidelines on the Application of Competition Law to Intellectual Property Rights (NZ) – Submission by Screenrights (2023)
• Remaking the Broadcasting Service Exclusion Determination – Submission by Screenrights (2022)
• Response to a New National Cultural Policy – Submission by Screenrights (2022)
• Copyright Amendment (Access Reform) Exposure Draft Bill 2021 – Submission by Screenrights (2022)
• Productivity Commission Right to Repair Inquiry – Submission by Screenrights (2021)
• Supporting Australian stories on our screens – Submission on Options paper by Screenrights (2020)
• Response to ACCC Mandatory News Media Bargaining Code Concepts Paper – Submission by Screenrights (2020)
• Response to the Consultation Paper on the Review of the Alston Determination – Submission by Screenrights (2019)
• Final Report of the Digital Platforms Inquiry – Submission by Screenrights (2019)
• Response to Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Review of the Copyright Act 1994 (NZ) – Submission by Screenrights (2019)
• Draft ACCC Guidelines to assist the Copyright Tribunal in the determination of copyright remuneration – Submission by Screenrights (2018)
• Department of Communications and the Arts Copyright modernisation consultation – Submission by Screenrights (2018)
• Productivity Commission Report into Australia’s Intellectual Property Arrangements – Submission by Screenrights (2017)
• Inquiry into innovation and creativity: workforce for the new economy (2016)
• Productivity Commission Draft Report: Intellectual Property Arrangements (2016)
• PWC Report: Understanding the costs and benefits of introducing a ‘fair use’ exception (2016)
• Screenrights Submission: Proposed reform of the Copyright Act 1968 (2016)
• Joint Submission to the Exposure Draft Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Bill (2016)
• Screenrights NZ Convergence Review Submission (2015)
• Productivity Commission Issue Paper: Intellectual Property Arrangements Submission (2015)
• Copyright Exceptions in the United States for Educational Uses of Copyrighted Works from the Columbia University Law Schools Kernochan Centre (2015)
• Online Copyright Infringement Discussion Paper Submission (2014)
• ALRC — Copyright and the Digital Economy — Discussion Paper (2013)
• ALRC Supplementary — Submission 1 (2013)
• ALRC Supplementary — Submission 2 (2013)
• ALRC Submission | An independent report on the US exceptions for educational use from the Columbia University Law Schools Kernochan Centre (2013)
• ALRC Supplementary — Submission 3 (2013)
• Australian Law Reform Commission | ALRC Submission (2012)
• NZ ON Air Documentary Funding Policy Discussion Paper (2012)
• Screenrights Convergence Review Submission (2012)
• Inquiry into 21st Century Learning Environment (2012)
• Screenrights ‘Safe Harbour’ Scheme Submission (2011)
• Screenrights Convergence Submission (2011)
• Screenrights submission on applications for key cultural institution status (2011)
• Screenrights submission on proposed Convergence Review (2011)
• Screenrights Convergence Submission (Oct. 2011)
• Part 4A of the Television New Zealand Act 2003 (2010)
• Australian Independent Screen Production Submission (2010)
• National Broadband Submission (2009)
• Screen Australia Stage 2 Review – Marketing Support & Promotion (2009)
• Digital Economy Future Directions Consultation Paper (2009)
• Screen Australia: Statement of Intent (2008)
• Review of sections 47J and 110AA of the Copyright Act 1968 (2008)
• Copyright licensing and collecting societies: a guide for licensees (Draft) (2007)
• New provision for Copyright (new technologies and performers’ rights) Amendment Bill (2007)
• Inquiry into provisions of Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 (2006)
• Directors submission (2005)
• Inquiry into harmonisation of legal systems (2005)
• Fair Use, July (2005)
• Piracy, July (2005)

• AGM and voting procedures