1. CLA Licensing
 About the CLA Licence
 Reasons to have the Licence
 Risks of not complying
Presentation by Suzanne Atkins

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7.  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