It is the right of the creator to choose how their work is used.
To ensure others can benefit from their ideas the law allows you to use this material. This can be done in one of the following ways:
Exceptions include copying for individual independent study or teaching/ instruction for example.
Copyright covers =
Musical scores, Artistic works, Films, Logos, Sound recordings, Broadcasts, Theatre or dramatical works, Literary works etc.
Please note these pages have been developed by the LRC team. Due to this they are not legal advice.
Important= When using someone else's ideas it is good practice to say where it is from.
Doncaster College Copyright Policy and Guidelines
Most copyright last for at least 70 years.
The majority of material you find will be in copyright
Even classic books or images of old masters are likely to be in copyright.
The book may have typographic copyright
A picture of an old master is likely to have the copyright of the photographer who photographed it.