Q. Who owns copyright at JCU?

Lecturers

JCU does not assert ownership of copyright in teaching materials created by university staff. Employment at the University means that staff grant JCU a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use and adapt their teaching materials.

Researchers  

Generally speaking, JCU researchers hold copyright over their scholarly research outputs (e.g., books, book chapters, journal articles, conference proceedings, creative works, theses etc.).

Exceptions may include:

• The scholarly output is subject to a contract that states a research or funding body holds copyright
• The work has been published under conditions in which copyright has been given to the publisher
• JCU has commissioned the scholarly work

Researchers should take note of agreements regarding copyright when producing or publishing their work.

Students

Students own copyright for their original work, unless otherwise stated in the assignment task description/instructions.