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What is third-party copyright?
Third-party copyright is material which is not your own work, and can include:
- Photographs you did not take
- Sections of text that have been previously published in a journal, book or document
- Long quotations from other works, even where properly attributed
- Material for which a patent was granted
- Models, plans and diagrams
- Maps and land/ordnance surveys
- Images of paintings (including portraits) and other artworks
- Figures and tables taken from other publications or online
- Video and audio clips (including film, animation and sound recordings)
- Music scores
- Computer software and code.
It may also include material which was written or created by you but, because of an agreement you have entered into with a publisher or other party, you do not hold the copyright (e.g. a journal article or conference paper).
It doesn’t matter whether the material comes from a print/physical source or from an online/digital one – copyright still applies. In most cases copyright lasts 70 years from the death of the creator.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.