Printing Services: Copyright Information
Photocopying and the Law
The University wishes to alert all staff and students to the serious legal and
financial consequences which can ensue - for individuals as well as institutions
- if they engage in photocopying that contravenes the Law of Copyright.
Moreover, there is ample evidence that publishers are now disposed to take
exemplary legal action against institutions permitting infringements of
copyright.
Guidelines issued by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals make it
clear that the taking of multiple copies of any work in copyright, or of any
substantial part of such a work, without the express permission of the copyright
owner is forbidden by law.
The period for which copyright applies has been increased by 20 years since 1
January 1996. Copyright now normally exists until 70 years have elapsed from the
year of an author’s death, but even if the literary content of a work is out of
copyright, copyright exists in the typography of an edition of that work
published less than 25 years before the beginning of the current calendar year.
Notices are placed beside all photocopying machines in the University drawing
attention of users to the law on copyright. The CVCP guidelines are sent to all
academic and related staff on their appointment to the University.
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Guidelines for users of the CLA Licence (abridged)
The purpose of these guidelines is to help users identify the different sources
they need to consult to gain a better understanding of how to use the Licence.
CLA’s Website pages contain all the information listed below and can be found on
http://www.cla.co.uk.
The Higher Education Copying Accord. This document forms part of the licence, and should be consulted by all teaching staff. The Accord describes copying
permitted under the Blanket Licence and defines Course Pack copying. A flowchart
at-a-glance guide to course pack clearance is appended to the Accord. Further
copies of The Accord are available from CLA.
For step by step information on how to set up an account to obtain clearance for
course packs you will also need to read the CLARCS User Handbook.
CLA has entered into reciprocal agreements with collecting societies overseas
enabling users of the CLA licence to make licensed copies from most books,
journals and periodicals published in Australia, Canada, Denmark, France,
Germany, Iceland, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Quebec, South
Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA. Please note however that before
copying from USA publications you should check the list of the American
publishers’ who have mandated CLA’s counterpart in the USA. Should you wish to
copy from works published in other countries, we recommend that you write
directly to the publishers concerned giving detailed information about the works
and numbers of copies needed.
CLA’s Web pages contain detailed information about making enlarged copies for
partially-sighted users.
Excluded Works List. Permission to copy should always be sought direct from the
publishers before copying from works which specify on the publication that they
are excluded from the CLA Licence. Equally permission should be sought direct
from the publishers before copying from works which appear on the CLA Licence
Excluded Works List. Please note that the following fall into this category:
a) printed music - including the words
b) public examination papers
c) privately prepared teaching material such as correspondence courses
d) Bibles, liturgical works, orders of service
e) Industrial House Journals.
The Licence permits paper to paper copying only and does not license electronic
storage or transmission.
The Copyright Licensing Agency is a member of the International Federation of
Reproduction Rights Organisations.
The Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P OLP
Telephone: 0171 436 5931 Facsimile: 0171 436 3986 E-mail:
cla@cta.co.uk.
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