These posters are provided for posting on copying machines at UBC.    

Copyright at UBC supports copyright services for the UBC community. Our office advises faculty and staff on the application of UBC’s copyright requirements and guidelines in a higher education setting and provides a range of services to support faculty, staff and students in the preparation of their course materials, assignments, presentations and publications. We have […]

This page contains an archive of all Broadcast emails concerning copyright at UBC. You may also be interested in reviewing the UBC Copyright Issues Summary and Bill C11: The Copyright Modernization Act for additional information on the history of copyright at UBC.

The following message was sent on behalf of Wes Pue, Vice Provost (Academic Resources) to the faculty, staff and students at the UBC Vancouver campus. The same message was sent on behalf of Gwen Zilm, Associate Vice President Learning Services, to the faculty, staff and students at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Members of the UBC community will […]

The following message is sent on behalf of David H. Farrar, Provost and Vice President Academic (Vancouver) and Doug Owram, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Principal (Okanagan). The University of British Columbia is transitioning to a new copyright environment and has given notice to Access Copyright (AC) that it will not operate under the interim tariff […]

The Copyright Act permits copying from copyright-protected works, which includes literary works, musical scores, sound recordings, and audiovisual works (collectively, a “Work”) for the purposes of “fair dealing” (the “Fair Dealing Exception”). The Supreme Court of Canada has stated that deciding whether a particular instance of copying may be considered to be “fair” requires a consideration […]

Introduction Your Copyright Obligations Steps to Determine Your Ability to Copy Is the work protected by copyright? Is there a digital lock protecting the work? Is copying of the work permitted under the Copyright Act? The Fair Dealing Exception Personal Use Exceptions Educational Exceptions Other Relevant Exceptions under the Copyright Act Do you need to […]