Copyright and the law
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) protects the rights of authors or creators of original material from having their material unlawfully exploited. You have a personal responsibility to keep within the law – to infringe copyright is illegal.
Photocopying and Scanning
If you wish to copy for the purposes of private study or research for a non-commercial purpose, you may do so without having to ask the permission of the copyright holder. You should keep to the following rules:
The University has a Photocopying and Scanning Licence which permits it to copy or scan material and place it on a network under certain strict conditions. If you need information on the licence see your subject librarian.
Works in electronic form
Further information on copyright can be found at www.ulster.ac.uk/copyright or contact the Copyright Officer, David McClure, at dj.mcclure@ulster.ac.uk
Intellectual Property Rights
If your work, either alone or as part of a team, results in an invention or discovery, any exploitation of the matter will be subject to the University’s Code of Practice on Intellectual Property Rights.
Further information can be found at Intellectual Property Policies and Procedures