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Artistic works

Using drawings, paintings, illustrations, photographs and diagrams in the classroom and online

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University staff can copy and communicate artistic works such as drawings, paintings, diagrams and photographs for educational purposes under the educational statutory licence.

A communication of an artistic work occurs when material is emailed or made available online via the University's Learning Management System or other password protected online space.

Artistic works such as diagrams, drawings, graphs, photographs and paintings in electronic form can be included in your slide presentations, and can be uploaded to the Learning Management System or Unit of Study Reading Lists. If the artistic work is in hardcopy form, it can be copied and communicated if it has not been separately published, or it explains or illustrates an accompanying work.

In the classroom

Academics can:
- distribute copies of artistic works in hard copy (eg photocopies, 3D printed objects)
- include artistic works in lecture presentations
- lecture capture artistic works

Access online

Academics can make artistic works available to students via the University Library’s Unit of Study Readings Service, Learning Management System and email.

Access must be protected by Unikey.

Copying limits

There are no copying limits for artistic works in electronic form under the educational statutory licence.

If the artistic work is in hardcopy form, it can be copied and communicated if it has not been separately published, or it explains or illustrates an accompanying work. If neither of these apply, it can still be copied and communicated if it is not available within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price.

Only copy what you need for the educational purpose.

Labelling and attribution

Artistic works copied under the educational statutory licence should be labelled with the name of the author and copyright owner (if different to the author), the source and the date that the copy was made.

Presentations containing copies of artistic works must include a section 113P warning notice.

This information is provided as general information only. It provides a basic introduction to copyright and is not intended to be comprehensive.

Reviewed December 2017