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FAQ
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General
What is Screenrights' role?
Which “educational institutions” are included under the Australian Copyright Act?
When is Goods & services tax (GST) payable and how is it calculated?
I did not give permission for my program to be used. Is this an infringement?
Where can I go for production funding?
Royalties
How does Screenrights distribute the royalties it collects?
How do I know if I am entitled to claim artistic works royalties?
In what circumstances are directors excluded from claiming retransmission royalties?
What films are covered by the directors’ rights provision?
What rights do film directors have?
What are retransmission royalties?
Can I register all my artistic works?
I did not give permission for my artistic works to be used in a program.
How much will I get if my artistic work appears in a program?
How much of my artistic work needs to appear in a program to qualify for royalties?
Screenrights has contacted me to ask whether my artistic works have appeared in a particular program. How can I find out if my work has appeared in this program?
How do I claim the royalties allocated to sound recordings of musical works?
Who can claim royalties allocated to sound recordings of musical works?
Who can claim royalties allocated to musical works?
Who can claim artistic works royalties?
Am I automatically paid money for my artistic work?
What kind of works are ‘artistic works’?
Can I make a claim if I believe my program was copied or communicated but not picked up in the sample?
Am I guaranteed a payment each year?
What programs do I have registered with Screenrights?
If my program is copied, communicated or retransmitted, when will I be paid?
How much money will I get?
How does Screenrights pay royalties to its members?
My program has been broadcast. Will I automatically receive royalties?
What types of royalties does Screenrights collect?
Who pays royalty withholding tax (RWT)?
How do I know if I can claim royalties?
Why must I indicate a claim for individual copyright materials in my program?
How does Screenrights know whom to pay?
Licensing
How do I get a licence? (NZ)
What happens if we don’t get a Screenrights licence? (NZ)
What happens to the money we pay?
Can copying only be done for educational purposes?
What uses can we make of copies?
Do we need to label copies?
We would like to show a film for a fundraising event, is this covered under the Screenrights licence?
What can we copy under the licence?
Why should educational institutions pay for copying?
Where does the money go?
Do we have a Screenrights licence?
How do I know if the institution I work at has a Screenrights licence?
How much does a Screenrights licence cost?
How do I get a Screenrights licence? (AUS)
What happens if we don’t have a licence? (AUS)
I’d like more information on copyright from a teacher’s perspective.
We would like to show a film in public, is this covered under the Screenrights licence?
What can I copy under my Screenrights licence?
What about a commercially obtained copy of a program shown on television?
What about downloading programs from the Internet?
What about YouTube?
What does it mean to “communicate” copies?
For what purpose can I make copies from television or radio?
Can I lend or borrow copies to or from another institution?
Can students borrow copies?
Can an educational institution sell copies they make?
Can I make copies at home?
Can anyone make a copy for my educational purpose?
Can I make digital copies under my Screenrights licence?
Can I copy videos or CDs that I bought or rented?
What should we do if we want to make a ‘back-up’ of a bought or hired video or to change its format?
What online uses can I make of copied programs?
Can I show copies I have made of programs in class?
Can I include copied programs in course materials that I email to students?
We make teaching material available to students online, can we include broadcast materials as part of this package of resources?
We have a Clickview system, can we use it to store copied programs and share them with other institutions?
Registration And Membership
Should I become a member of Screenrights?
Do I have to pay to become a Screenrights member?
Set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): MyScreenrights
How do I withdraw my asserted rights in a program?
How do I withdraw my registered program?
Can I register my catalogue of programs?
How can I extend my registrations to include new types of royalties collected by Screenrights?
How do I register my feature film / documentary / short film / television series?
Should I register my program?
When should I resign my Screenrights membership?
How do I resign my Screenrights membership?
My company name has changed – do I need to change my member name?
Do you pass my membership details onto a third party?
