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Copyright Act 1994

Acts permitted in relation to copyright works - Libraries and archives

52: Copying by librarians of articles in periodicals

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"Librarians can copy articles for you to use for research or study"

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You can get a copy of an article from a library if you need it. The librarian can make a copy for you without breaking copyright rules. You can use the copy for research or private study. You can only get one copy of the same article at a time. You can get copies of different articles, but only if they are about the same topic. If you have to pay for the copy, you will only pay for the cost of making it and a small amount for the library's expenses. If you get a digital copy, you must also follow the rules in section 56B. You can use the copy for your own study or research, but you must not use it for anything else. The library can make a digital copy for you, and you can use it for your own purposes.

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Part 3Acts permitted in relation to copyright works
Libraries and archives

52Copying by librarians of articles in periodicals

  1. The librarian of a prescribed library may, if the conditions contained in subsection (2) are complied with, make for supply to any person a copy of—

  2. a literary, dramatic, or musical work, and any artistic work included in that work, that is contained in an article in a periodical; or
    1. a published edition that is an article in a periodical,—
        1. without infringing copyright in the literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work or the typographical arrangement of the published edition.

      1. The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are—

      2. that no person is supplied on the same occasion with more than 1 copy of the same article; and
        1. that no person is supplied on the same occasion with copies of more than 1 article contained in the same issue of a periodical, unless the copies supplied all relate to the same subject matter; and
          1. that, where any person to whom a copy is supplied is required to pay for the copy, the payment required is no higher than a sum consisting of the total of the cost of production of the copy and a reasonable contribution to the general expenses of the library.

            1. Where any person is supplied with, or otherwise comes into possession of, a copy made in accordance with this section, that person may use the copy only for the purposes of research or private study.

            2. In this section, copy includes a digital copy, but in that case section 56B applies as well.

            Compare
            • 1962 No 33 s 21(1)
            Notes
            • Section 52(4): added, on , by section 32 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).