A number of Exceptions to the Copyright & Data Protection Act (1988) have been devised (and revised in 2014) to further enable the use of Copyright works in the context of Education and Research without the need to obtain further permission.
Types of Exception
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Name of exception |
Purpose |
Activities covered |
CDPA section |
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Research or private study |
Allows students and researchers to make copies of copyright works for non-commercial research or private study. |
Making personal copies of extracts from books and journals Copying images to use as stimulus in research study |
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Quotation |
Allows anyone to reproduce copyright works for the purpose of quotation where it is fair |
Includes presenting extracts from books, journals and musical works to students Potential use of whole works where the use is fair |
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Accessible copying |
Allows individuals or institutions to provide equal access to copyright works for users with any type disability |
Digitising print material Format shifting text to audio Creating subtitles for videos |
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Illustration for instruction |
Allows teachers or students to use copyright work in teaching or study where the use is fair |
Including text, images, music or video in teaching slides and lecture recordings Adding content to examination papers |
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Educational performance |
Allows any copyright work that can be performed, played or shown in an educational setting to be performed played or shown |
Screening a film in a lecture, playing musical sound recordings in class, performance of a play in class (ie not for an external audience) |
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Recording of broadcasts |
Allows educational establishment to record TV and radio broadcasts and make them available to students |
Underpins the University’s use of BoB Online TV streaming service |
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Making multiple copies |
Allows educational institutions to copy up to 5% of a copyright work and supply multiple copies to students |
Copying of book extracts not covered by the CLA licence Copying up to 5% of a film or sound recording and making it available to students on Moodle |
adapted with permission from University of Kent's "Copyright: What You Need to Know"