What does it mean to “communicate” copies?

The Copyright Act allows you to “communicate” the copies you make to staff and students for educational purposes. “Communicate” is defined under both the Australian and New Zealand Copyright Acts and covers such uses as communicating a copied program with a video reticulation system, emailing a copy, putting a copy on a computer network such as an intranet, or a digital content management system (CMS) or streaming a copy from an online resource centre like EnhanceTV or Clickview. In all cases, you must ensure that the communication is for your educational purposes only and that only your staff and students can access the copy.