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Screenrights Supports Extended Collective Licensing for Generative AI

Screenrights reasserts our support for a true ECL framework: a market-ready model that puts opt-out control directly into the hands of rightsholders via an appointed collecting society, while establishing a sustainable, legal pathway for AI innovation.

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Screenrights Announces $293k Funding for Six Initiatives Supported by 2026 Cultural Fund

Screenrights has announced the six projects to be supported by its 2026 Cultural Fund, awarding total funding of $293,400.

CISAC's The Paris Commitment: A Shared Declaration for Human Creativity

Screenrights Pledges Support for CISAC’s Paris Commitment

Screenrights has signed up to support The Paris Commitment, a global declaration launched by the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC).

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Welcome to the new Screenrights website

Screenrights has launched a new website, rebuilt and refreshed so that you can find what you need more easily.

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Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct: 2026 Call For Submissions

The 2026 call for submissions to the Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct review is now open.

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Screenrights Submission Towards a new National Cultural Policy

Screenrights has made a submission in response to the public consultation on the Australian Government's National Cultural Policy.

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Creator groups welcome passage of copyright amendment bill

Joint statement from AMPAL, APRA AMCOS, ARIA PPCA, Australian Publishers Association,Australian Society of Authors, Australian Writers' Guild, AWG Authorship Collecting Society, Copyright Agency, National Association for the Visual Arts and Screenrights

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Education Giants Seek Midnight Raid on Creator Rights

Joint statement from local creator groups including AMPAL, APRA AMCOS, ARIA PPCA, Australian Publishers Association, Australian Society of Authors, Australian Writers' Guild, AWG Authorship Collecting Society, Copyright Agency and Screenrights

Tiled text saying 'Copyright' on an illuminated screen

Screenrights Supports Extended Collective Licensing for Generative AI

Screenrights reasserts our support for a true ECL framework: a market-ready model that puts opt-out control directly into the hands of rightsholders via an appointed collecting society, while establishing a sustainable, legal pathway for AI innovation.

A group of participants of the Lights On initiative

Screenrights Announces $293k Funding for Six Initiatives Supported by 2026 Cultural Fund

Screenrights has announced the six projects to be supported by its 2026 Cultural Fund, awarding total funding of $293,400.

CISAC's The Paris Commitment: A Shared Declaration for Human Creativity

Screenrights Pledges Support for CISAC’s Paris Commitment

Screenrights has signed up to support The Paris Commitment, a global declaration launched by the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC).

Screenrights logo in front of cascading frames from screen content

Welcome to the new Screenrights website

Screenrights has launched a new website, rebuilt and refreshed so that you can find what you need more easily.

typewriter with paper that has "copyright" typed onto it

Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct: 2026 Call For Submissions

The 2026 call for submissions to the Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct review is now open.

Copyright symbol on a background of charts and numbers

Screenrights Submission Towards a new National Cultural Policy

Screenrights has made a submission in response to the public consultation on the Australian Government's National Cultural Policy.

Collection of creative industry logos

Creator groups welcome passage of copyright amendment bill

Joint statement from AMPAL, APRA AMCOS, ARIA PPCA, Australian Publishers Association,Australian Society of Authors, Australian Writers' Guild, AWG Authorship Collecting Society, Copyright Agency, National Association for the Visual Arts and Screenrights

Collection of creative industry logos

Education Giants Seek Midnight Raid on Creator Rights

Joint statement from local creator groups including AMPAL, APRA AMCOS, ARIA PPCA, Australian Publishers Association, Australian Society of Authors, Australian Writers' Guild, AWG Authorship Collecting Society, Copyright Agency and Screenrights

Cultural Fund banner image with stylised grid of heads

Screenrights Cultural Fund Opens for Applications with $300,000 Funding Pool and 2026 Focus Announced

Screenrights' 2026 Cultural Fund is now open for applications, closing 5pm AEST Wednesday 8 April. The focus this year is Learning Through Story.