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This section summarises the main points of current copyright legislation which apply to photocopying.

When making photocopies, it is essential that you keep within the law relating to copyright as expressed in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Members of the University of Lincoln may also copy under the terms of the University's licensing agreement with the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA).

Before you start photocopying, please read the notices fixed to any of the photocopiers. As a rough guide you are allowed to make one copy, for personal study use, of an extract from a copyright work subject to the points below:

  • you may copy no more than one chapter from a book or no more than 5% of a given work, whichever is the greater. A poem, short story, short literary work or photograph is regarded as a 'work' in itself and may be copied as long as a maximum of ten pages is not exceeded.
  • you must not copy more than one article from any single issue of a periodical/journal or set of conference proceedings.

If you are in any doubt as to what you may or may not copy, please ask any member of the Library and Learning Resources staff. More detailed information about copyright is available from the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA)'s website: www.cla.co.uk


Copyright licences

The University of Lincoln subscribes to certain copyright licences to enable copying to be done by its staff and students. Copyright is wide-ranging and covers the following resources: printed materials, audio, video, the internet, and software.

It is not permissible to infringe copyright legislation. Any queries about what is and is not permissible should be directed to the Academic Subject Librarians, or the contacts named below. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 is accessible at:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_1.htm

Copyright licences held by the University include:

  1. Copyright Licensing Agency Higher Education Trial Photocopying and Scanning Licence
    Information available at: http://www.cla.co.uk/
    Local contact: Philippa Dyson (extension 6433)

  2. Newspaper Licensing Agency Licence
    Information available at http://www.nla.co.uk/
    Local contact: Pat Hughes (extension 6309)

  3. Open University Licensed Off-air Recording Scheme
    Information available at http://www.ouw.co.uk/info/record.shtm
    Local contact: Pat Hughes (tel: 01522 88 6309)

  4. Educational Recording Agency Licence
    Information available at http://www.era.org.uk/
    Local contact: Pat Hughes (tel: 01522 88 6309)

  5. Ordnance Survey Educational Copyright Licence
    Information available at: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/education/pdf/20086a4.pdf
    Local contact: Pat Hughes (tel: 01522 88 6309)

  6. Performing Rights Society Music Licence
    Information available at http://www.prs.co.uk/
    Local contacts: Alison Smith (tel: 01522 88 6263) and Bryan Rudd (tel: 01522 88 6270)

  7. Phonographic Performance Limited Licence
    Information available at http://www.ppluk.com/
    Local contact: Alison Smith (tel: 01522 88 6263)