Copyright
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The right to "copy" always remains with the owner of the material. Unless expressly stated otherwise, you are not permitted to copy or republish anything you find on the internet without the © owner's permission.

Should you wish to refer to material on someone else's website we recommend you include the URL of the page in your message, or alternatively approach the owner for permission to republish a portion of it within your message.

Under Australian copyright law there are three exceptions to the above.

  • Reporting of news:
    Material used under this provision must be directly associated with the news report (or a news item in a Current Affairs program)
  • Review and criticism:
    Genuine use requires specific discussion about the material you have copied.
Research and study:
Students and academics may reproduce material provided it is genuinely associated with their studies, however in most cases this argument will not justify posting material on an ABC web forum.


In all cases the source URL should be included in the message.
(If you are including an image the URL should be to the source page which contained that image).

Note: Since this is an ABC forum, you are welcome to quote content from other ABC Online sites within your forum messages, however we ask that you attribute the URL of the ABC page where you found the quote or picture or sound. (This is a simple courtesy to both the people who put the material online and to the forum users who will read your message. It's also standard good netiquette).

Copyright notice

ABC Materials, including pages and on-line images, are protected by the Copyright Laws of Australia. All rights are reserved.
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