The schools’ sector pays a flat fee per student for all content (print and digital) used in reliance on the statutory licence(i.e. that they would otherwise require a clearance for)

They do not pay Copyright Agency for other uses of content

In calculating the ‘volume’ of content used in reliance on the statutory licence, which is taken into account (amongst other things) in negotiations for the flat fee, Copyright Agency follows data processing protocols agreed with the schools’ sector

As a result of those protocols, about half of the online content used by schools is excluded from the volume estimates

This includes content published under a Creative Commons licence, Free For Education licence or other terms allowing free use by schools