CLA Licensing

About the CLA Licence

Reasons to have the Licence

Risks of not complying

Presentation by Suzanne Atkins

What is the CLA Licence? allows organisations to copy and re-

use extracts from print and digital publications in their collection

CLA is non profit-making - all the money collected in licence fees is distributed to the copyright owners (after costs)

CLA undertake data collection exercises with licensed organisations to ensure fair distribution

Higher Education Licence

allows for photocopies to be taken (up to 5% or one chapter/article of a work)

allows scanning of parts of printed items owned by the licensed institution and required to support a course

also covers the reproduction of illustrations in the material

Higher Education Licence

allows photocopied and digitised material to be included in coursepacks

permits the creation of accessible versions of texts and images for visually impaired students

allows the copy of text and still images from websites

Why the University has the Licence

a cost effective way to manage the risk associated with using and reproducing copyright materials

reduces the risk of copyright infringement

the only way to get blanket clearance that enables you (within limits) to copy material, rather than having to obtain permission from the copyright owners each time

one annual fee rather than individual payments

Non-compliance

runs the risk of investigation by Copywatch, the compliance arm of CLA, as well as legal action by the copyright owner(s)

financial costs

damaging to the University’s reputation

denies writers, publishers and visual artists fair payment for their work

CLA website http://www.cla.co.uk/

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (amended 2003) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/contents

Presentation by Suzanne Atkins