Joint Guidelines on Copyright and Academic Research:
Guidelines for researchers and publishers in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Published jointly by the British Academy and the Publishers Association
April 2008

Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Copyright in General

1. A brief history of copyright law in the UK
2. What copyright covers
3. Originality
4. Term
5. First ownership
6. Transfer of copyright to subsequent owners
7. Transfer after the death of the rightsholder
8. The orphan work
9. Crown and Parlimentary copyright
10. Exclusive rights: economic rights
11. Exclusive rights: moral rights
12. Infringement and Substantial Parts
13. Licences
14. Fair dealing
15. Public interest
16. Fair dealing v. charging
17. Technological protection measures and digital rights management systems

Part 2: Copyright in Some Common Situations

1. Databases
2. Editorial work
3. Unpublished correspondence and private papers: literary estates

Further Sources of Information