Screenrights

02/10/2026

Screenrights has today applied to the Copyright Tribunal of Australia for a determination of the amount of equitable remuneration Australian schools should pay for use of our members’ broadcast content under the educational statutory licence. Screenrights has been trying to negotiate a fair fee with the schools’ representatives since mid-2025, but with negotiations now at an impasse, we have been left with no choice but to ask the Copyright Tribunal to set the amount. More information is available here:

Screenrights has applied to the Copyright Tribunal for a determination of the amount of equitable remuneration Australian schools should pay under the educational statutory licence.

22/09/2026

Screenrights is on the hunt for an IT Operations Analyst, to be the hands-on owner of day-to-day IT operations, reporting to our Lead DevSecOps Engineer and supported by the wider Engineering Team as well as our managed service provider for escalated technical work.

Find out more about the role and working with us here:

Explore current job openings at Screenrights. Join our Sydney-based team supporting screen creators and rights holders across Australia and New Zealand.

18/09/2026

In light of current national policy discussions around access to copyright content for Generative AI training, Screenrights welcomes the Australian Federal Government’s active engagement on these issues. However, as policy options are evaluated, it is critical to distinguish between statutory schemes that rely on automated web-level opt-outs and a true Extended Collective Licensing (ECL) framework. Screenrights reasserts our support for a true ECL framework: a market-ready model that puts opt-out control directly into the hands of rightsholders via an appointed collecting society, while establishing a sustainable, legal pathway for AI innovation. Find out more about our position here:

Screenrights Supports Extended Collective Licensing for Generative AI

30/08/2026

We're very excited to announce the six projects that will be supported by 2026 Screenrights Cultural Fund grants, with $293,400 in funding awarded for this year’s focus of Learning Through Story.

Young Yarnz will build a classroom focused digital platform with interactive, curriculum aligned learning modules around screen content featuring First Nations knowledge holders, with a grant of $50,000. Brock Casting Services Brisbane’s 'Lights On QLD : Story-Led Learning for Disabled Creatives’ will receive $49,400 for their disability-led screen training initiative to remove the structural barriers that prevent disabled creatives from accessing real pathways into the screen industry. And Studio Gilay will receive $50,000 for ‘Animation as Living Story’, a series of culturally safe online modules designed to transform industry production methodologies, addressing the underrepresentation of Indigenous practitioners in Australian animation.

Two Aotearoa New Zealand initiatives have been selected: a ‘Māori & Pasifika Impact Producing Lab’ will provide training in impact producing for up to eight Māori and Pasifika screen practitioners in Aotearoa New Zealand, provided by Nine Islands Media and supported by a $50,000 grant; and ‘He Kōrero Tuku Iho - Stories Carried Forward’ will see Film Bay of Plenty deliver a place-based screen storytelling series of workshops and story labs supporting diverse communities to translate lived and cultural stories into screen narratives, with $44,000 in funding from the Cultural Fund. And finally, a $50,000 grant will support ‘The Writers Lab for women screenwriters over 40’ to select female and non-binary writers over 40 from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to participate in a script development intensive brought to Australia by Brooke Hemphill and based on a successful model rolled out in the USA, Canada, the UK and Europe.

Find out more about the initiatives here: https://www.screenrights.org/news/screenrights-announces-293k-funding-for-six-initiatives-supported-by-2026-cultural-fund

11/08/2026

Screenworks' Regional to Global 2026 program is out now! Screenrights is a proud supporter of the event.

🎬 The full Regional to Global 2026 program is here.

60+ speakers. 40+ main stage sessions & roundtables. Two days. One incredible regional setting.

This September in Lennox Head we're bringing together some of the most exciting voices in Australian screen - Teresa Palmer in conversation with Samantha Strauss, Miranda Tapsell discussing Top End Bub, the Commissioner Confidential panel, Visionaries Shaping Modern TV, a Mock Writers' Room and so much more.

Plus the Netflix Opening Night Drinks 🎉 and Screenrights Happy Hour 🥂

Single day tickets and roundtable registrations drop 25 August.

Full event tickets on sale now, we can't wait to see you there!
https://screenworks.glueup.com/event/regional-to-global-2026-183844/agenda.html
$300 Members | $450 Non-Members

01/07/2026

Screenrights has pledged support for CISAC's Paris Commitment, a global declaration launched at the centenary General Assembly of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers that advocates for the recognition, protection, and fair remuneration of human creativity in the age of Artificial Intelligence.

Find out more:

Screenrights Pledges Support for CISAC’s Paris Commitment

25/06/2026

We're hiring! Screenrights is looking for a Head of Policy & Stakeholder Relations – a newly created senior executive role reporting to the CEO and leading our policy agenda across copyright, licensing and regulatory reform. Full time or permanent part-time considered.

Explore current job openings at Screenrights. Join our Sydney-based team supporting screen creators and rights holders across Australia and New Zealand.

17/06/2026

23/04/2026

Our Chief Executive James Dickinson will be speaking at Screen Producers Australia's Screen Forever conference next Wednesday 29 April 2026 on the 'AI: After the Hype' panel, to share about licensing options for the landscape and why Screenrights is supporting an Extended Collective Licensing (ECL) approach.

Screenrights' Head of Licensing Scott James, Head of Marketing & Industry Support Sarah Steel, and Services Transformation Manager Dominique N. will also be attending – don't hesitate to get in touch for a meeting to discuss all things secondary royalties, ECL, Cultural Fund or whatever else is on your mind!

AI is no longer an abstract future concern for the screen industry— it is already embedded in daily decision making that impacts on a complex ecosystem of producer relationships: commissioners, financiers, distributors, creatives, cast and crew, rights‑holders and audiences. The panel will explo...

18/03/2026

Free application support is available if you have an idea that could benefit from a grant of up to $50k, and broadly benefits the screen industry with a focus of LEARNING THROUGH STORY. Book in a meeting with our grantwriting consultant before 30 March and apply by 8 April for the Screenrights Cultural Fund!

https://www.screenrights.org/cultural-fund/