Copyright registration in Australia

Keep proof of your work, certified by a public notary

In Australia your original work is protected automatically, and there is no official copyright register. If someone copies it, you have to show that you created it first. Copyright-Australia.com files your logos, books, music, software and websites with a public notary in real time and sends you a certificate of their content and date, which you can produce as evidence.

Dated proof for every kind of creation

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Creator Plan

1 copyright registration

$49 AUD / year

Annual plan
- Filed with a public notary
- Certificate by email
- Secure storage for 30 years
- Private link to your certificate
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Web Plan Basic

Monthly filing of 5 web pages

$149 AUD / year

Annual plan
- Automatic filing every month
- Filed with a public notary
- Certificate access 24/7
- Assistance in the event of litigation
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YouTube Video Plan

1 YouTube video up to 10 minutes

$99 AUD / year

Annual plan
- Filed with a public notary
- Secure storage for 30 years
- Certificate access 24/7
- Assistance in the event of litigation
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Register your copyright online in 3 minutes, from anywhere in Australia

Step 1: Upload your file

The file that shows your creation: image, video, sound, document...
Step 2: Fill in the form

Title, description and owner of the work.
Step 3: Register

Your file is sent to our public notary in real time and timestamped.
Step 4: Receive your certificate

Your certificate and your files stay available in your customer account, 24/7.

Quiz

Australian copyright: a one-minute check

Three questions, sixty seconds.

Does Australian law require the © symbol for protection?
- Yes, otherwise the work enters the public domain
- No, though it signals that someone owns the work
- Only for works posted online
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Correct answer: No, though it signals that someone owns the work No formality is needed for protection. Even so, a © line with the owner's name and the year is a helpful warning that discourages copying.
Then why lodge your work with a private filing service?
- To keep evidence that you are the author and of when the work existed
- Because copyright only exists after such a filing
- To be permitted to sell the work
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Correct answer: To keep evidence that you are the author and of when the work existed In a dispute, the side that can establish the earlier date is better placed. A dated filing held by an independent third party evidences that date: it doesn't create rights, it supports them.
Under Australian law, when does copyright protection begin?
- Once IP Australia has registered it
- Automatically, once the work exists in material form
- Once it is published
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Correct answer: Automatically, once the work exists in material form The Copyright Act 1968 protects an original work automatically once it is written, recorded or otherwise fixed in material form. There is nothing to register: a filing doesn't create the right, it helps you establish it.

Our system gives you evidence that your work existed on a given date, with a digital signature and a timestamp certified by a public notary.

Copyright protection
Articles

Copyright registration in Australia

Start your registration

Creator Plan

Web Plan Basic

YouTube Video Plan

Register your copyright online in 3 minutes, from anywhere in Australia

Step 1: Upload your file

Step 2: Fill in the form

Step 3: Register

Step 4: Receive your certificate

Australian copyright: a one-minute check

Add the © symbol to your work and keep proof of its date

Copyright protection

Articles