Copyright Agency Ltd

[3] It is officially appointed by the Australian Government to administer the management and payment of royalties to creators, including acting for educational institutions.

[13] In April 2021, the Copyright Agency’s cultural fund announced the launch of a Copyright Agency Partnerships (CAP) three-year artistic commission series, in partnership with 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in Sydney, the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne, and the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane.

The granting of the award is judged by representatives of the three institutions and an independent peer.

[15] Nicholas Gruen commented in 2008 that the cash-strapped educational sector was paying unnecessarily high royalties to CAL, and suggested that a public subsidy to content creators.

He also criticised CAL for seeking royalties from for old surveyors' maps held in the New South Wales Government's land registry, for which surveyors have already been paid and which had been deposited on the public record and therefore free for use.