Copyright is a right given by law to authors, publishers, designers, musicians, artists and other creators to protect and control certain uses of their work. The current applicable laws are the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 and the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003. Creators do not need to apply for copyright protection, it is automatic.
The copyright owner has exclusive rights to their work. No one is allowed to copy, issue copies to the public, rent or lend it, broadcast or adapt it etc without their written permission.
Documents and material which DFID does not own cannot be scanned without prior written permission from the copyright owner.Quest is fully compliant with copyright legislation.
Works written or produced by officers of the Crown in the course of their official duties qualify for Crown copyright. DFID staff are therefore generally permitted to save or copy Crown copyright material for official use.
The legislation allows the photocopying of limited portions of protected printed works for private study or non-commercial research without infringing the legal rights of authors or copyright owners. Fair dealing does not cover making multiple copies of articles, chapters or extracts.
1. Read and be familiar with the DFID Corporate Copyright Policy and Quest Copyright Guidance and Policy
2. Photocopying of printed documents and materials, which DFID does not own, must comply with the terms of DFID’s CLA and NLA Licence agreements
3. ALL material and documents available on external websites must be accessed via links only. Documents or material available on websites must not be downloaded to any DFID system.
4. Externally written material may only be saved to corporate systems if DFID has written permission from the copyright owner to do so or is in the process of seeking that permission.
5. Documents or material for which DFID has copyright permission from the copyright owner must be saved and used only in accordance with the terms of the copyright owner’s letter, licence agreement or contract.
6. Copyright permission will also be requested from individual department's specific business partners and made available to all staff.
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