Permissions for teaching materials

What you are allowed to do

The Higher Education Agreement, from Bonus Copyright Access, gives you as a teacher and student at LU, the right to copy and share copyrighted material, both analogue and digital, for educational purposes. You are allowed to, for example: photocopy, print, download, scan, and share on closed networks at Lund University, such as Blackboard or Canvas.

The copies may be shared via email to a teaching group within LU and may be projected or displayed on a screen during teaching.
The agreement applies to published Swedish and foreign works.
The agreement covers both campus courses, distance courses and commissioned education.

Note! According to the agreement, it is not permitted to copy and make a text available if the purpose is to replace publisher-produced compulsory course literature. To put it differently, the material you copy should serve as a complement to the mandatory course literature.

Copying limits

Analog source

You may copy a maximum of 15 pages or up to 15% of a single source, such as a book. This applies per student per calendar half-year.

(It is allowed to copy up to three additional pages if needed to complete a chapter/section.)

Always include the name and source. The information should be clearly indicated on or near the copies.

Digital source

You may download, print, photograph, etc., corresponding to 15 A4 pages from one and the same digital publication. This applies per student per calendar half-year. (It is not allowed to copy up to three additional pages if needed to complete a chapter/section.)

Always include the name and source. The information should be clearly indicated on or near the copies.

Seeking permission and linking

If you wish to use more pages than the agreement allows, you need to seek permission. The library is happy to assist with that.

For copyrighted material that is openly available, you have the right to link to it, but if you want to download it, the Higher Education Agreement applies, unless there are no clear terms of use, such as a Creative Commons license.

For material that LU has a license for, the license agreement applies; linking is allowed, but in general the text cannot be downloaded, copied, or shared.

What you are not allowed to do

You may not download a text that exceeds the agreement’s limits, even if it is openly available and lacks clear terms of use, such as a CC license. The Higher Education Agreement applies. However, you may link to the text.

Note! When an article or an e-book chapter is found in a database that LU pays a license for, in general, you are not allowed to download and share the text, regardless of the extent. The license agreement always applies. However, you have the right to link to the text. Ask the library if you are not sure and also, request a link that works off-campus.

Audio recordings and moving images are not covered by the agreement. You need to obtain permission.