Notification under section 124 of the Copyright Regulations 2017

Administered by Department of Communications and the Arts

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Use of copyright material for the services of the Commonwealth under section 183 of the Copyright Act 1968

Use of copyright material by the Commonwealth and the acts to which the notice relates:

The Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Classification Branch of the Department of Communications and the Arts (“the Classification Branch”) will be communicating short clips from a number of films in an online film classification training course.

The Classification Branch provides classification training to government and film, television and computer games industry clients. Training is a prerequisite for industry to be able to access several self-assessment schemes under the National Classification Scheme.

In accordance with section 183(4) of the Copyright Act 1968, the purpose of this notice is to inform the owners of copyright in the film clips of the copyright acts undertaken by the Commonwealth as represented by the Classification Branch.

Title/details of the copyright material:

TITLE OF FILM	PRODUCER(S)	DIRECTOR/S	PRODUCTION COMPANY	DURATION (seconds)
21 & Over	D. Hoberman / R. Kavanaugh / T. Lieberman / H. Shong	J. Lucas / S. Moore		64
A Deeper Shade of Blue	Colette Greer / Kelly McCoy	Jack McCoy	Jacmac / McCoy Media	15
Alice Through the Looking Glass	Tim Burton / Joe Roth / Suzanne Todd / Jennifer Todd	James Bobin / Dave Meyers	Walt Disney Pictures	54
All the Way	Scott Ferguson / Jeffrey Richards	Jay Roach	HBO Films / Amblin Ent / Moon Shot Entertainment/ Tale Told Productions	90
All the Wilderness	JONATHAN SCHWARTZ / ANDREA SPERLING	MICHAEL JOHNSON	SUPER CRISPY ENTERTAINMENT	39
American Gods Season 1	D. Chase	D. Slade / A. Kane / V. Natali	Canada Film Capital / Fremantle Media	34
Andre Rieu – Welcome to my World		Not Shown	Sky Arts	34
Big Mouth Season 1	Unknown	Unknown	Netflix	41
Broken Hallelujah	Vanessa Cohen-Riddell	Alastair Riddell	Little Red Hen Pictures	69
Danganronpa The Animation Complete Series	Toshihiro Maeda / Takanori honma / Kei Fukura / Satoshi Koike / Justin Cook / Michael Harcourt	Seiji Kishi	Geneon Universal Entertainment	37
Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, Minions – Mini Movies	CHRIS MELEDANDRI / JANET HEALY / JOHN COHEN	Kyle Balda / Samuel Tourneux / Yarrow Cheney / Bruno Dequier / Fabrice Joubert / Mark O’Hare / Eric Favela / Regis Schuller / Didier Ah-Koon / Julien Soret / Brian Lynch	Universal	18
Don’t Cry – Nanking 1937	Long Shong International	Not Shown in English	Nil	44
Dorothy Mills	Oliver Delbosc / Eric Jehelmann / Marc Missonier / James Flynn	Agnes Merlet	Fidelite Films / Wild Bunch / Octagon Films	37
Em 4 Jay	PAUL WALTON / ALKINSO TSILIMIDOS / JASON PATTERSON	ALKINSO TSILIMIDOS	RESCUED FILMS & SHOWAWAY FILMS	47
Finding Dory		Andrew Stanton / Alan Barillaro / Ross Haldane Stevenson / Gino Guzzardo / Tom Kaplan / Erica Milsom	Pixar Animation Studios / Walt Disney Studios	25
Flight	WALTER F PARKES / LAURIE MACDONALD / ROBERT ZEMECKIS / JACK RAPKE / STEVE STARKEY	ROBERT ZEMECKIS	NOW SHOWN	135
Gangland Undercover	K. Bondi	S. Kemp / N. Rawles		41
German Angst	Michal Kosakowski	Jorg Buttgereit / Michal Kosakowski / Andreas Marschall	Kosakowski Films	88
Get Squirrely		Ross Venokur	Awesome Entertainment	32
Give ‘Em Hell Malone	Erik Anderson / Johnny Martin	Russell Mulcahy	Malone Productions	27
Grey’s Anatomy Season 4	S. McKee / Z. Clack	B. Rooney / R. Corn / T. Verca		39
Gwen Forever	Charles MacFarland	Charles MacFarland	Synetech	14
Hampstead	ROBERT BERNSTEIN / DOUGLAS RAE	Joel Hopkins	Ecosse Films / Motion Picture Capital / Scope Pictures	23
Happy Feet	Ben Miller / George Miller / Doug Mitchell	George Miller	Kingdom Feature Productions / Kennedy Miller Productions / Village Roadshow Pictures	11
Hellsing Ultimate Collection 2	UEDA YASUYUKI / YOSHIYUKI FUDETANI / HIROKI YOSHIOKA / YAOKI TOKASHIKI / KENTARO HASHIMOTO YUKIKO NINOKATA /CARLY HUNTER / JUSTIN COOK / SATOSHI YOSHIMOTO / CHARLENE INGRAM	HIROYUKI TANAKA / KRIS PIERCE	WILD GEESE / HELLSING OVA PRODUCTION COMM	117
Hunt for the Wilderpeople	Carthew Neal / Leanne Saunders / Taika Waititi / Matt Noonan	Taika Waititi	Defender Films / Piki Films / Curios	94
Hunt for the Wilderpeople		Taika Waititi	Defender Films / Piki Films / Curios	94
I Kill Giants	Chris Columbus / Michael Barnathan / Kim Magnusson / Adrian Politowski / Nick Spicer / Kyle Franke / Martin Metz / Joe Kelly	Anders Walter	1492 Pictures / Ocean Blue Entertainment / XYZ Films	275
Janet King	L. Scott	G. Brown / I. Watson		137
Jim Jefferies: Bare	Not Shown	Shannon Hartman	Not Shown	37
Justice	A.J. Perez / John Lewis / Sean Skelding	Richard Gabai	Chasing Butterflies Pictures	16
Kath & Kim Season 2	M. Ruse / G. Riley / J. Turner	T. Emery		19
Last Cab to Darwin	Lisa Duff / Greg Duffy / Jeremy sims	Jeremy Sims	Pork Chop Productions	42 + 6 (2 clips)
Luke Warm Sex	Anna Bateman	Hayden Guppy	Norther Pictures	177
Murders at Barlume (I Delitti Del Barlume)	Nicole Serra / Carlo Degli Esposti / Max Gusberti	Eugenio Cappuccio / Roan Johnson	Palomar / Sky Cinema	36
Outlander – Season 1	M. Roberts / D. Brown	A. Foerster / B. Kelly		30
Penguins of Madagascar	Mark Swift / Lara Breay	Eric Darnell / Simon J. Smith	Dreamworks Animation	34
Penny Dreadful Season 2	J. Flynn / M. O’Sullivan / S. Hockin	Unknown	Desert Wolf / Neal Street Prod	32
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Judd Apatow / Rodney Rothman / Andy Samberg / Akiva Schaffer / Jorma Taccone	Akiva Schaffer / Jorma Taccone	Universal	33
Rebellion	Christophe Rossignon / Philip Boeffard / Mathiew Kassovitz	Mathieu Kassovitz	Nord-Ouest	15
Red Dog	Julie Ryan / Nelson Woss	Kriv Stenders	Endymion Films	24
Ricki and the Flash	MARC PLATT / DIABLO CODY / MASON NOVICK / GARY GOETZMAN	JONATHAN DEMME	CLINICA ESTETICO	55
Rise of the Footsoldier	Mike Loveday	Julian Gilbey	Carnaby International	39
Rodin	Kristina Larsen / Patrick Quinet	Jacques Doillon	Les Films Du Lendemain / Artemis Productions / Wild Bunch	32
Saving Mr Banks	Ian Collie / Alison Owen / Philip Steuer	John Lee Hancock	Walt Disney Pictures	57
The Conjuring 2	Rob Cowan / Peter Safran / James Wan	James Wan	New Line Cinema / The Safran Company / Atomic Monster	65
The Departed	Brad Pitt / Brad Grey / Graham King	Martin Scorsese	Warner Bros. Pictures	44
The Grand Budapest Hotel	Wes Anderson / Scott Rudin / Jeremy Dawson / Stevel Rales	Wes Anderson	Indian Paintbrush	40
The Hairy Bikers’ – Food Tour Britain	B. Maynard	D. Barns		21
The Manners of Downton Abbey	Louise Wardle	Louise Wardle	Chocolate Media / Carnival / Masterpiece	27
The Monuments Men	George Clooney / Grant Heslov	George Clooney	Smokehouse Pictures / Sutdio Babelsberg	39
The Persian Connection	Seth Caplan / Reza Sixo Safai	Daniel Y-Li Grove	Black Light District	25
The Ranch - Season 2	D. Trainer	S. Leff / M. Patterson	Netflix	12
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills - Season 1	L. Grimaldi / B. Corta / C. Cullen	UNKNOWN		16
The Truth About Drugs	NOT SHOWN	NOT SHOWN	FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD	25
Time Team	M. Douglas / B. Pink / G. Dixon		Videotext Communications	21
Tomorrowland	Brad Bird / Jeffrey Chernov / Damon Lindelof	Brad Bird	Walt Disney Pictures	45
Valkyrie Drive Mermaid	Justin Cook / Michael Harcourt / Sho Tanaka / Kazou Onuka / Noritomo Isogai / Takuro Katakeyama	Hiraku Kaneko	Arms	102
Weeds	B. Badalato	J. Hancock	Not shown	22
Where Did I Come From	S. WALSH	UNKNOWN	NIL	7
Young Dracula Season 2	Mia Jupp	Joss Agnew / Craig Lines / Maurice Hutchinson	BBC Cymru Wales	60

Overview

The Australian Government, through the Classification Branch of the Department of Communications and the Arts, has issued a notification under section 124 of the Copyright Regulations 2017, as amended by the C2019G01121 legislation, to inform copyright owners of the use of their material in an online film classification training course. This notification is issued in accordance with section 183 of the Copyright Act 1968, which allows the Commonwealth to use copyright material for specific services. The primary objective of this notification is to ensure transparency and compliance with copyright laws by providing explicit information to copyright owners about the Commonwealth’s use of their material in training courses that are essential for industry accreditation under the National Classification Scheme. The Classification Branch delivers classification training to government and industry clients, serving as a prerequisite for accessing self-assessment schemes within the National Classification Scheme. By informing copyright owners of the Commonwealth’s intended use of their film clips, the government aims to maintain legal and ethical standards in its educational initiatives, ensuring that the use of copyrighted material aligns with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. This notification process underscores the importance of respecting intellectual property rights while promoting the dissemination of knowledge and skills necessary for the film industry.

Scope and Application

The notification under section 124 of the Copyright Regulations 2017 informs copyright holders that the Commonwealth of Australia, represented by the Classification Branch of the Department of Communications and the Arts, will use specific short clips from a range of films in an online film classification training course. This training is crucial for government and film, television and computer games industry clients to comply with the National Classification Scheme. The notice specifies the titles, producers, directors, production companies, and duration of each film clip to be used, ensuring transparency and compliance with section 183 of the Copyright Act 1968. The application of this notice is limited to the use of these particular film clips for the specified educational purpose within the Commonwealth's classification training program, and it does not extend to any other uses or materials.

Key Provisions

The primary sections of the Copyright Regulations 2017 relevant to this notification include section 124, which pertains to the use of copyright material for the services of the Commonwealth, and section 183 of the Copyright Act 1968, which allows for the use of copyright material by the Commonwealth for specific purposes. Section 183(4) mandates that the Commonwealth must notify copyright owners when using their material for purposes like the one described here, ensuring transparency and compliance with copyright laws. Under these provisions, the Commonwealth, through the Classification Branch, has the authority to use short clips from various films in an online film classification training course. This training is essential for enabling the film, television, and computer games industries to access self-assessment schemes under the National Classification Scheme. The notice informs copyright owners that their material will be used for this educational purpose, thereby ensuring they are aware of how their intellectual property is being utilised by the Commonwealth. The obligations imposed on the Classification Branch by these sections include providing clear and detailed notification to the copyright owners, specifying the titles of the films, producers, directors, production companies, and the duration of the clips that will be used. This ensures that the use of the material is transparent and that the owners are fully informed about the scope and nature of the usage. In terms of consequences for non-compliance, the legislation does not explicitly detail penalties for failing to provide such notice. However, under the Copyright Act 1968, unauthorised use of copyright material can result in significant civil and criminal penalties. Civil penalties may include substantial damages and account of profits, while criminal penalties can result in fines and imprisonment, depending on the severity and intent of the infringement. These potential consequences underscore the importance of adhering to the legal requirements for using copyrighted material.

Area of Law: Copyright Law
Instrument: Gazette Notice
Concepts: Definitions & Interpretation; Reporting & Disclosure Obligations; Use of Copyright Material

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 26 August 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au.

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