Where can I find out about copyright?
Answer
If you wish to copy or scan Library materials you need to ensure you comply with copyright law.
- Copyright gives authors and others who produce creative works legal ownership of their work, for a period of time
- It applies to literary, musical, dramatic and artistic works, sound recordings and films, and the typographical arrangement of published editions
- These works are protected by copyright automatically, so long as they are original and recorded in a tangible form; works do not need a © symbol to be protected by copyright
- Copyright is a form of intellectual property that may be sold, transferred or inherited, which means it is not necessarily owned by the author of the work
- If the item is a published copyright work (e.g. a book or journal), the amount that can be copied is limited to around 5% of the item.