Copyright Guidance at The University of Manchester: Further information

The CLA licence covers the photocopying and scanning of most, but not all, UK publications, and a number of US and international publishers.
It allows:

• Multiple photocopies of limited extracts from copyright protected printed books, journals and magazines
• Digital Copies of limited extracts from copyright protected printed books, journals and magazines
• Details of excluded UK and US publishers, and included overseas countries, can be found at Copyright Licensing Agency website.

Photographs, illustrations, diagrams or charts may also be copied where they are included in the body of the extract or article

As an academic you will want to photocopy or download material e.g. book chapters, journal articles, information or images from the web for teaching.

Copying and making digital copies for registered University of Manchester students, including distance learners, is covered by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) Higher Education Photocopying and Scanning Licence.

The NLA licence permits the photocopying and scanning of newspaper articles of all national newspapers and around 80% of local newspapers for the purposes of internal management, education and instruction.

The NLA licence allows:

• photocopying of up to 250 copies of any article of any newspaper included in the NLA licence for the purposes of education, instruction and internal management

• digital scanning of cuttings, for the circulation by email or other electronic means from most NLA newspapers but there are exceptions

The NLA licence does not allow:

• the copying of advertisements, images, illustrations or photographs which may appear alongside an article

• the copying and circulation of cuttings from NLA newspapers outside of the licensed premises

• the copying of the whole of any newspaper

• newspapers excluded from the NLA newspaper list

Newspapers covered

• Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard
• Express, Express on Sunday, Daily Star
• Financial Times
• Guardian, Observer
• Independent, Independent on Sunday
• Mirror, Sunday Mirror, People
• Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
• Times, Sunday Times, Sun, News of the World
• and any magazines or supplements "forming part thereof or otherwise issued therewith"

Newspapers excluded

The Times Literary / Higher Education / Education supplements are not covered by this licence.

The ERA licence  provide license schemes to member HE institutions to cover the use of recorded broadcast media in teaching and learning. The ERA Licence grants the right to record broadcasts for non-commercial educational purposes by making ERA Recordings.

The University of Manchester's licence allows licensed ERA Recordings to be accessed by students and teachers online from outside the premises of their establishment.

The PRS licence - allows the performance of live music on University premises in the following circumstances:

• solely as a required part of fulfilling a recognised and official qualification, without a charge for entry
• if the syllabus requires the event to charge for admission, evidence of the syllabus must be provided

The PPL licence - for the playing and performance of commercial music (restricted to designated areas within the University).

The Intellectual Property Office is the official government body responsible for Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the United Kingdom. These rights include, patents, designs, trademarks and copyright.

The British Copyright Council was founded in 1965 to protect and promote the principles of copyright in the UK.

Established by artists for artists, DACS is a not-for-profit visual arts rights management organisation. Founding artists such as Eduardo Paolozzi, Susan Hiller and Elaine Kowalsky set up DACS 28 years ago to protect artists' rights and ensure they are recognised both financially and morally.

RNIB Website - copyright information.