Questions and Answers

When the use serves to support your own work, the use possible falls under the right to quote. 

To fall under the right to quote, a number of requirements must be met:

• The work quoted from has been legally published.
• The quote serves to support the content of your work and not to embellish or ameliorate your work.
• You may not copy any more than is strictly necessary. Images may, of course, be quoted in their entirety.
• No changes may be made to quoted material.
• The quoted source must be clearly referenced.

If you are unable to rely on the right to quote, you need permission from the copyright holder. If it is not possible to request permission or permission is not given, you may include a hyperlink to the work. The hyperlinked work must be legally published and not an illegal copy.

For advice on specific permission requests please contact the Copyright Information Point.