Copyright
As a student or member of staff at the University of Leicester, you are likely to want to use copyright material. These pages contain a basic introduction to copyright, its impact on your work, and attempt to answer some key questions you may have.
Further Information
In addition to these general pages there is specific information about copyright within the Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Researchers and Staff who teach sections.
Course Materials
Copyright runs a number of training courses for staff and students, the slides and materials for which are made available below.
- Walking with Dino-Laws: Copyright, legality and risk in an networked age [Slides]
(Updated June 2012) - Beyond the Source Wall [Slides] (Updated April 2012)
- Copyright for Academic Modules [Slides] [Booklet] (Updated Nov 2011)
- Copyright for Module Writers [Slides] [Booklet] (updated Mar 2012)
- Copyright, Open Access & Practical Issues for Doctoral Supervisors (Updated Feb 2011)
- Getting unCommonlyCreative: Reusing and creating open materials [Slides] (Updated Dec 2011)
- Keeping your Thesis Legal [Booklet] (Updated Nov 2012)
- Social Media Friend or Foe?: Navigating the Legal Minefield Successfully [Slides] [Booklet] (Updated Nov 2011)
These are made available under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-SA-NC Licence. Please contact us if you would like us to arrange a Departmental or College event on these or any related issue.
News and Events
Potential to create your own textbook
Web sites such as AcademicPub and Connexions can allow you to tailor a textbook to the needs of your module, with publishers such as McGraw-Hill Higher Education and Macmillan also getting in on the act.
Performing Rights Society (PRS)
The University (other than the Students Union) does not hold a licence to permit playing of music in buildings on campus. If you use or play music, other than for teaching or private studying, it is likely you will require a licence.
Extension to length of copyright protection for musical works
Directive 2011/77/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27th September 2011 has now been published.
