What works are covered?

The formats of works covered include published and manuscript (unpublished) material:

• literary works: text from books, journals, reports, song lyrics, poems
• dramatic: text from plays, scripts
• musical: score for music, written composition
• artistic works: images, graphics, maps, diagrams, illustrations, figures, cartoons, drawings.

and subject matter other than works:

• sound recordings
• films
• broadcasts.

More detail? See Australian Copyright Council fact sheet an Introduction to Copyright