Copyright Policy

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Policy

The VCAA is the copyright owner of material and works produced by or on behalf of the VCAA. The VCAA provides the only official, up-to-date versions of VCAA publications.

No person may publish or make use of any material produced by the VCAA, except as specified under the Copyright Act 1968, without the prior written permission of the VCAA.

Applications requesting permission to reproduce VCAA copyright material must be submitted using the standard Request form.

A copyright fee will generally be charged when the proposed publication is intended for profit.

Permission, if granted, will be granted for once only use. New editions, reprints and revisions will require a new application.

Appropriate acknowledgement, is a condition upon which permission is granted. The recommended acknowledgement is:

“Reproduced by permission of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, Victoria, Australia.”

The VCAA will not allow the use of its name or the expression/s Victorian Certificate of Education, Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning, Victorian Essential Learning Standards, Curriculum and Standards Framework, Achievement II, Achievement Improvement Monitor, General Achievement Test or the expression VCE, VCAL, VELS, VASS, CSFII, AIM or GAT in any manner which:

1. would lead or be likely to lead to a belief that there was some association or affiliation with or sponsorship or approval by VCAA of the particular bodies or publications making use of such name or expressions
2. would constitute a breach of the rights of the VCAA in its name and those expressions.

Any organisation intending to include in their publications or advertising, produced for the purpose of profit or sale, reference to the expression Victorian Certificate of Education, Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning, Victorian Essential Learning Standards, Curriculum and Standards Framework, Achievement II, Achievement Improvement Monitor, General Achievement Test or the expression VCE, VCAL, VELS, VASS, CSFII, AIM or GAT must seek in written permission from VCAA prior to publication. 

VCE Administrative Handbook/Study Designs

Written permission must be sought from the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority before sourcing extracts of Study Designs.

When extracts from the VCE Handbook or Study Designs are used it is requested that the following statement is inserted:

• These sections are only an extract from the VCE Administrative Handbook/Study Design
• students should consult the VCE Administrative Handbook/Study Design for more information
• it is important that students read the VCE Bulletins for updates.

 

VCE Examination Papers

Written permission must be sought from the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority before reproducing VCE examination papers or extracts.

No permission will be given for VCE examination papers or extracts to be reproduced on Internet sites. Permission may be sought for intranet sites and a link to the VCAA website (www.vcaa.vic.edu.au).

VCE Examination Papers may be reproduced provided that:

• the material is not reproduced in the exam paper format
• that there is value added material included in the publication
• the end user clears all third party copyright material in exam papers
• a fee will apply for all commercial uses.

 

School Internet Use

Schools are permitted to quote directly from Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority documents on school homepages posted on the Internet with the following provisos:

• only material relating to subject study designs, assessment criteria and tasks and information relating to the VCE
• the material must be identified as an extract, correctly sourced and acknowledged as Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority copyright
• the site must have a hotlink to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority web site
• the site must include the following statement close to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority material:
• ‘This is an extract from material produced by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, Victoria, Australia. Students and teachers should consult the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority website (www.vcaa.vic.edu.au), the VCE Administrative Handbook, VCE Study Guides and the VCE Bulletins for comprehensive course details.
  
  This material is copyright and cannot be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.’

 

VCAL

Written permission must be sought from the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority to reproduce the VCAL hands-on graphic and all Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) material.

VELS

Written permission must be sought from the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority to reproduce the VELS graphic and all Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) material.

 

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Copyright Charges

Applications to use VCAA copyright material are assessed on a case-by-case basis.

A copyright fee will generally be charged when the proposed use is intended for profit.

The process for calculating copyright charges is based on the number of copies x recommended retail price x % of VCAA material to be reproduced plus GST.

For seminars, charges will be based on a % of the attendance fee x the number of participants multiplied x % of VCAA material to be reproduced plus GST.

Charges for digital and electronic uses are available on application.

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Website Copyright

The contents and design of this website, including Authority logos, are the property of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 41 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, and are protected under copyright law and international treaty. All rights reserved. Except under the conditions described in the Copyright Act 1968 and subsequent amendments, no part of this website may be reproduced or transmitted by any process without prior permission in writing from:

• Copyright Officer
  Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
  41 St Andrews Place
  East Melbourne, VIC 3002

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Request to use Copyright Material

To request permission to reproduce Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority copyright material please download and complete the Request for Permission to use VCAA Copyright Material (PDF - 11KB) and send it to:

Note: The documents linked on this page are Portable Document Format (PDF) files. To open or print the file you will need Adobe® Acrobat Reader. If you do not already have this product on your computer, you can download it for free from the Adobe website (www.adobe.com).