Re-use of Electronic Material

If you intend to re-use electronic material either by converting it to a hard-copy format or by re-distributing it in an electronic format then you must check whether or not you can do that under a Licence or by permission given in any Copyright statement (or Terms and Conditions of Use statement) that is displayed with the electronic material – especially on web pages.

You should also note that the design elements and the content of web pages might well have separate copyright holders, so be careful as it might be OK to copy the text on the page but not the layout.

If in doubt – contact the rights holder for permission to use. If you can’t locate the rights holder, copy only an INSUBSTANTIAL amount, cite the reference for the source and give credit to the author or organisation if either is identifiable.

If you are setting up your own web pages and would like to incorporate material from another site then the best approach is to use links and not to copy the source material.

Creative Commons Licence
Copyright for students by Library Services, University of Birmingham is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.