The School does not have an intellectual property policy. As such, the School adopts the general legal UK position under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and deals with all intellectual property queries on a case by case basis. If you wish to obtain advice relating to intellectual property, including the use of our or third party logos and registered trademarks, please contact Kevin Haynes or Refel Ismail for further information.
Copyright protects literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works as well as films, sound recordings, book layouts, and broadcasts. If you want to copy or use a copyright work, you usually have to obtain permission from the copyright owner or apply for a licence. However, please note that there are a few exceptions where you can copy or use part or all of a copyright work without obtaining the copyright owner’s permission. The most applicable exception is where the use is considered to be for “educational purposes”, allowing copying of works in any medium as long as the following conditions apply:
1. The work must be used solely to illustrate a point – this means that it is directly relevant to the course of study;
2. The use of the work must not be for commercial purposes;
3. The use must be fair dealing; and
4. It must be accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.
You should also note that under the School’s Copyright Licence and Newspaper Education Establishment Licence which are issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency and Newspaper Licensing Agency respectively, the amount of copying that we are permitted to do is restricted. This often causes problems with regard to the copying and circulation of academic and other text, including uploading material on Moodle.
It is usually permissible to copy the greater of up to a chapter, an entire article or 10 per cent of a publication. Copying chapters separately from the same book is not permitted. We would encourage you to utilise the Scanned Readings Service offered by the LSE Library to help us comply with our Copyright Licence. You can also visit the LSE Learning Technology and Innovation (“LTI”) website at lse.ac.uk/copyright for more information. Our current Newspaper Education Establishment Licence enables us to perform occasional copying of both the printed and online versions of national newspapers plus a small number of regional newspapers. You can contact Kevin Haynes for further advice.