Productivity Commission study on the parallel importation of books
Copyright Society seminar: The Year in Review
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When you need copyright permission Q&As
In these Q&As, we assume you are familiar with the basic copyright principles in our introduction to copyright and when you need copyright permission page.
| question | answer | more |
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| How many changes to something do I need to make to avoid infringing copyright? | Generally, making changes to something won’t avoid a copyright infringement. If, for example, you want to use something someone else has created – on your website, or in a brochure, or even for purely personal purposes – you might need permission even if you are using only a small part of that material, or if you make changes to it. When working out whether or not you will need to get permission, it is more important to look at what is still the same, rather than what has been changed. You will usually have a copyright issue to deal with if you are using any important, distinctive or essential part of the original material – this may or may not be a large proportion of that material. | substantial part |
| Do I need permissiont to reproduce a book cover? | Some
book covers are not protected by copyright. Others are, usually because
they include artistic works such as illustrations, photographs or logos. You need permission to reproduce a book cover if you reproduce:
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