The subscriptions or contracts under which copyright works are purchased will usually explicitly state what the rights owner will allow in terms of copying e.g. on the back of the title page of a book it may state "All rights reserved ...no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form..." Electronic books and journals will also have similar restrictions. However, it is important to note that in the UK the CDPA 1988 is eminent and such a statement should be qualified by "Except as otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988..."
The Creative Commons Licences enable the creators of original works to retain their right to be acknowledged as such whilst at the same time allowing the work to be used by others under specific circumstances e.g. the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA or Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike Licence allows a work to be modified providing that it is not for a commercial purpose, the original author is credited, and the modified work is also made available under the same licence.
There are six CC licenses allowing varying degrees of use plus a Public Domain Mark to indicate works that are out of copyright and a CC0 designation which effectively waives all the creator's rights (No rights reserved)
The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) Higher Education License covers us to photocopy or digitise journal articles and book chapters and make them available to students on a particular course of study. The license doesn’t cover everything but its repertoire is very wide and it covers most things published in the UK as well as many works published overseas. There is an online search tool on the CLA website that enables us to check whether a particular publication is covered under the licence for photocopying or scanning or both (Hint: Make sure Higher Education is chosen from the drop down menu after submitting a search - it defaults to Further Education).
Certain other terms and conditions apply under the licence including:
For this reason it is the policy at the University of Huddersfield that all such extracts should only be made available via the Leganto Reading List System. However, all you have to do is create your article or chapter reference in the Leganto list for your module and the Library team will do everything else to ensure that the full text is made available in a fully compliant way.
Our ERA License entitles us to make off-air recordings of programmes (including feature films broadcast by the BBC, ITV, Channels 4 & 5 and S4C. Recordings must carry an acknowledgement that they were made under the terms of the ERA license and must be reported to the Educational Recordings Agency as and when required. For this reason they are made available either as DVDs that can be borrowed from the Library, via UniTube (the University Streaming Service), and since 2017 via the external Box of Broadcasts service. Under the license recordings can be viewed by students off-campus but can not be made available to students based overseas.
A guide to accessing recordings via BoB and making them available to students can be found below. You can also create play lists or clips/chapters within both UniTube and BoB. Programmes or clips can be linked to from your lectures.
A back-up service for older broadcasts that are not already held in UniTube or Bob is available in the Library. Discuss your requirements with your Subject Librarian or with the service direct (Tel. 01484 472044)
The Newspaper Licensing Agency License enables us to copy articles from national newspapers (except for the Financial Times) and 200 regional titles and use them for educational purposes.
The Full List of titles is available on the NLA: Media Access web site. It can be consulted by clicking on Full List and then applying filters for Education
Box of Broadcasts (also known as BoB) is an archive of free-to-air TV and radio programmes available to you through the University of Huddersfield Library subscription. You can choose to watch previously recorded programmes, request future programmes and save lists of programmes for your learning, teaching or research.
Click on the tabs above for a series of instructional videos to take you through the basics of using Box of Broadcasts.
Click on this link to go direct to BoB. You can also access it from the A-Z list of electronic resources, and find BoB under the letter B.
You will be prompted to log in with your University login and password. The first time you access BoB, it will ask you to register your university email address (undergraduates and postgraduate taught students = u1234567@unimail.hud.ac.uk). You will need to confirm your address by checking your email and clicking on the link provided.
Here's a useful video from Learning on Demand who run Box of Broadcasts.
This short video shows you how to request TV and radio programmes to be recorded.
Box of Broadcasts provides extensive help, including videos, from their website.
If you have any further questions, contact your Subject Librarian and we will be happy to help.
Men listen to the radio with headphones, by Kalle Kuusela, provided by Lusto: The Finnish Forest Museum, Finland. CC BY 4.0
The Performing Rights Society licenses the public performance (live or recorded) of original music on behalf of composers, writers and publishers. Phonographic Performance Limited licenses the public performance of sound recordings on behalf of record companies and musicians. The University holds a PRS licence that covers all it's buildings except those let to other parties. If you want to play recorded music during the course of an event or show, you may also need to apply for a one-off Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) Licence. A PPL Licence is also required to show television on plasma screens in public spaces within University buildings e.g. foyers. For information and advice consult the University Secretary’s office.