Overview of Access Copyright License

Under our current Access Copyright license, you (student, faculty, staff) are authorized to photocopy published works within certain limits:

No copying can exceed 10% of a published work, or the following, whichever is greater:

• an entire newspaper article or page
• an entire short story, play, poem, essay or article from a book or a periodical (journal, magaizine)
• an entire single item of print music from a book or periodical issue containing other kids of work
• an entire entry from an encycopledia, dictionary, annotated bibilography or similar reference work
• an enture reporduction of an articitc work (drawing, painting, sculpture, prints or other works of artistic craftmanship)
• one chapter, provided it is no more than 20% of a book

Number of copies:

• the license authorizes making one copy for each student in a class and two for the professor

There are excluded works that are not covered by this license; please refer to the post-secondary exclusions list - PDF.

This license does not cover the copying of materials into digital format; this is still prohibited under the existing Copyright law (having to do with changing the format of a work) unless you get permission from the publisher.

If you have any questions about this, please contact Kristine Plastow .