Copying Guidelines

Capilano University has a license with  Access Copyright, the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency, that gives permission to copy from commercially published books, magazines and newspapers.  As long as you adhere to the terms and conditions of this license, you can photocopy what you need.  Please note that the license includes copying done in support of educational purposes only.

Under Capilano University's license, you can photocopy up to 10% of a published work or the following whichever is greater:

• An entire short story, play, essay or poem from a book or periodical containing other works
• An entire article from a newspaper, magazine or journal
• An entire entry from a reference work (encyclopedia, dictionary)
• An entire reproduction of an artistic work from a publication containing other works
• A whole chapter from a book, as long as the chapter does not comprise more tha 20% of the book

Works NOT covered by the license:

• Items on the Exclusions List
• Unpublished works
• Consumable items such as published workbooks, assignment sheets and tests
• Crown or provincial publications (excluding Quebec)
• Instruction manuals, including teachers' guides
• Musical works in printed form and original artistic works including photographs or prints
• Works published in countries with which Access Copyright does not have a bilateral agreement
• Works with notices excluding them from copying under a collective license

Copyright for Instructors:  For details about copyright for classroom use, please see Frontlines.

To find out more about copying under this licence, visit the Access Copyright website for Educational Licences for University or Community Colleges ; contact Access Copyright at 416-868-1620 (toll-free 1-800-893-5777);  or email them at  licensingadmin@accesscopyright.ca.