Check Permissions - excluded publications, editions and categories

Where a publication is excluded from copying under the CLA Licences or the intended use, e.g. scanning is not permitted under the CLA Licence

• You may need direct permission from the copyright owner to reuse the material.
• Your intended use may be covered by the exceptions for educational copying in the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, specifically s.36 Copying and use of extracts of works by educational establishments and s.32 Illustration for Instruction. Your institution’s copyright specialist will be able to advise you further.

Please note that there are some publications that are not covered for copying under the CLA Licence.

Excluded Categories
Remember that none of the following are covered by the CLA Licence:

• Printed music (including the words)
  Works that consist entirely of printed music notation/lyrics and printed music notation/lyrics included within a book, journal, periodical, magazine, law report or set of conference proceedings. For more information, please see the Music Publishers Association website.
• Maps and charts
  Works that consist entirely of maps/charts, and maps/charts included within a book, journal, periodical, magazine, law report or set of conference proceedings. By ‘charts’ we mean charts that are similar to maps, e.g. sea charts, weather charts and hydrographic charts (other types of charts – e.g. pie charts and flow charts –are covered by the Licence). Information about the licensing of Ordnance Survey products can be found at www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk.
• Newspapers
  NLA media access (‘NLA’) licenses copying from newspapers. We are the exclusive agent for NLA’s UK education licensing – further information can be found on our website.
• Workbooks, workcards and assignment sheets
  Publications intended for a student to write on and for once-only use.
• ‘Copying not permitted under CLA Licence’
  Any publication which includes a notice expressly stipulating that it may not be copied under a CLA Licence. This would normally appear at the front of a publication along with the name of the publisher and the general copyright notice.

If you are having difficulty using the Check Permissions tool, can’t find the title you are looking for or believe the results returned to be incorrect, please do not hesitate to contact us at [e-mail]  or  [e-mail], and we will be happy to help. 

This text is intended for use as guidance only and not as a substitute for the CLA Licence terms themselves, which should be read in full. In the event of conflict between the two, the Licence shall prevail. For permissions not listed above, please contact the publisher direct.