Copyright Licensing Schemes
- Copyright Licensing Agency
- Newspaper Licensing Agency
- Educational Recording Agency
- Open University Licensing (broadcasts)
- PRS and PPL
1. Copyright Licensing Agency
For details of what staff and students are permitted to photocopy and scan, please see the Photocopying Guidelines and Scanning Guidelines
2. Newspaper Licensing Agency
Under the terms of the University’s licence, staff are permitted to copy cuttings from the main daily and Sunday newspapers, and from the Bristol Evening Post and the Western Daily Press.
The following restrictions apply:
- Overseas newspapers are excluded from the licence, other than a number of French newspapers.
- Only paper copies are currently permitted (not electronic copies)
- No more than 250 copies should be made of any cutting.
3. Educational Recording Agency (ERA)
The University is covered by an ERA licence which permits members of staff to record cable and broadcast programmes for educational purposes and to make copies of those recordings for educational purposes. The Licence does not permit the following:
- The copying of Open University and Open College programmes, which are excluded from the scheme.
- The performance of recordings in front of a private or public audience which has made a payment to see the performance.
- The copying of videos bought commercially.
The terms of the licence require that all recordings should be labelled with the date and title of each recording together with a statement: "This recording is to be used only for non-commercial educational purposes under the terms of the ERA licence".
4. Open University Licence (broadcast)
The University does not hold an Open University Licence. The copying or recording of Open University programmes is therefore prohibited.
Please contact the University Secretary's Office if you require further information.
5. PRS and PPL
Staff and students who wish to play music in a public area will need to consider whether they need a PRS/PPL licence. Please contact the University Secretary's Office for further information.