Copyright for Staff: Attributions

You must attribute all materials you use regardless of licence!

Here is the standard text and basic layout for each of the five main types of attribution.  

• Where possible use the APA Referencing style.
• Replace the text in brackets [ ] with the relevant information from your third party material.  
• For more examples, see the Attribution Examples box.

Material owned by South Metropolitan TAFE:

© South Metropolitan TAFE, [insert Year].

Material copied with permission of the copyright owner:

© Reproduced and made available for copying and communication by South Metropolitan TAFE for its educational purposes by [insert copyright owner].

Material copied under Creative Commons (content unchanged):

[Title of Work] by [Owner] is licenced under [Version of CC Licence (link to URL)] [CC licence logo]. Information regarding the CC licence may also be provided by inserting a hyperlink within the CC logo image to the licence itself. This style of attribution is for digital resources only.

Material from the Library Licenced Databases:

No attribution required where a link to the original is provided.  You may link to the entire item (article, ejournal, ebook).  It is strongly advised that only links are provided.

Material copied under Statutory Licences in Section 113P:

      Copied under s113P [link to notice if communicating electronically] of the Copyright Act 1968.
      Producer Surname, Initial. (Producers). ([Year]). Title. Network.

      Copied under s113P [link to notice if communicating electronically] of the Copyright Act 1968.
      Author Surname, Initial. ([Year]). Title. Publisher.

• In an electronic environment, the attribution, including any links to Notices or source material as required, should be as close as possible to the relevant material. If it cannot be directly adjacent, then it should at least be on the same page. You can use a small font, and a lighter text colour, so long as it is visible.

• If you are doing multiple attributions under s113P in a PowerPoint presentation, it would be sufficient to include an intro or closing slide with the attribution information, using a numbering and referencing system. However, under each item of third party content, you should clearly direct readers to the list of references.  

• It is not appropriate to do mouse-over attribution and in some cases you are not legally permitted to do so. The attribution must be visible when the page is printed out.

• General TAFE guidance on copyright and using generative AI platforms is available from SmartCopying.
• Attribution depends on how the generative AI is being used.

# As generative AI is a rapidly evolving, there are likely to be changes.  Please re-visit on a regular basis! #

• To attribute "new" works generated:
  'This work has been generated using artificial intelligence.  Any copyright subsisting in this work is owned by South Metropolitan TAFE.'
• To attribute "modified" works generated:
  'This work has been generated using artificial intelligence and has been copied/made available to you under the educational provisions of the Copyright Act.  Any further reproduction or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Copyright Act.  Do not remove this notice.'

• In a print environment, your Licence statement should be on the verso of your document (the page to the left of the title page).
• You should seek permission from the copyright owner where necessary.  You should also include full and proper referencing for all third-party content.