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Copyright, coursepacks, and agreement with Kopinor

All coursepacks consisting of two or more book excerpts must be registered for clearance in Bolk, Kopinor's coursepack service. This also applies when the excerpts are distributed separately and at different times. Contact the Library for clearance. The Reception will help with reproduction, binding and sale of the coursepacks.

Reproduction limitations

Books:
  • For students: Up to 15% of the total number of pages. However, an entire chapter or similar unit, an entire short story or an entire scene from a play may be reproduced from a single publication if the reproduction is not to be registered in Bolk. 
  • For employees etc.: Up to 15% of the total number of pages. However, an entire chapter or similar unit, an entire short story or an entire scene from a play may be reproduced from a single publication.
Scientific journals (from one individual issue):
  • For students: No more than one article per subject per term.
  • For employees etc.: No more than one article.
There are no limitations on the extent of reproduction from other periodical publications such as newspapers, weekly periodicals, and cultural and professional journals. The same applies for material published on open websites.
The limitations above do not apply to:
  • Governmental publications, legal statutes etc.
  • Works where the term of protection has expired (70 years after the author’s death).
  • Open Access publications and other material released under Creative Commons licences and other free use licenses.