There is no procedure in Australia for registering a copyright interest as is available for trade marks and patents, it is simply the Copyright Act 1968 which sets out the requirements for the subject matter to be defined works and must be original and connected with Australia then the author of the works can claim copyright for a certain period of time – literary, dramatic or musical works 50 years from the year of the author’s death or from the first year in which the works are published, for artistic works and computer programs 50 years of expiration of the year the author died, for photographs recordings and films 50 years from the first publication.