COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS
     
Members of the SNB Libary should adhere closely to the regulations on copyright while copying documents.

While the Copyright Act, 1957 of India, amended in 1984, is not very specific about photocopying and electronic services, all the Developed Countries are extremely strict about it.

Following summarises the European Union copyright directive as implemented in UK with effect form 31 October 2003:

How much can be copied?

One chapter from a book

One entire case from a published law report

Or up to 5% of the publication, if greater than above.

One article from a magazine/journal/periodical

One poem in an anthology
   
 

What can be copied?

Any book, magazine, journal or other periodical published in the UK or in any of the Mandating Territories unless it is included in the list of Excluded Categories and Works.

[Mandating Territories: Australia, Canada (including Quebec), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland].

Works published in the USA by publishers identified on the list of Participating US Publishers.

For more details on copyright, please visit: www.cla.co.uk [Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA)]
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