Downloading and Copyright Issues
- You can download material from the internet in accordance with copyright restrictions: under UK law copyright material sent over the internet or stored on web servers will generally be protected in the same way as material in other media.
- You should not use our facilities to copy and alter material protected by copyright. This includes Birth, Death, Marriage, Adoption and Divorce certificates; passports; official documents from the Home Office, and utility bills.
- There are also copyright restrictions relating to the scanning of books, journals and magazines. If you are in any doubt about copyright limitations, ask a member of staff, but you should generally follow these rules:
- Scanning a copy of complete works is prohibited
- Small extracts can be scanned/copied for the purpose of private study (one chapter, or 5%, whichever is the smaller amount)
- Only a single copy of a given page can be made
- No more than one article per journal/magazine issue may be copied