New agreements for using copyrighted material in Canvas
Published:
06th September 2023
Last updated:
11th September 2023
As of this year, there is a new agreement between UNL and representatives of publishing organizations for the reuse of copyrighted materials in education for the years 2023-2025. It was decided that materials, which will be included in Canvas or paper readers starting from the new college year, must meet a maximum of 40 pages and a maximum of 20% of a book or journal issue.
Some points to keep in mind are:
- Source citation is mandatory for everything you copy! Even if you include, for example, pictures or graphics from a book or journal article in a Poewerpoint presentation or handout. The source citation consists of at least the author, title of the publication and title of the source (journal, book). For an article, also give the volume and issue number.
- Try to use open access publications as much as possible. The university does not have to pay a fee for copying open access materials.
- Linking to a publication is always allowed, provided the publication has been legally made public. The university does not have to pay a fee for this either. So always try to use the links of e.g. e-books and journal articles, instead of uploading PDFs.
- The Easy Access regulation states that you may copy a maximum of 40 pages from a work, with a maximum of 20% of that work. A work is a book or magazine issue. All use that falls within this has been bought off by the University through a commutation fee.