Insert a hyperlink to a resource
You can insert a hyperlink to any digital document (journals, books, web page, etc.), whether if it is protected by a copyright or copyright-free, without seeking permission or reporting the use to Copibec. In the case of an UdeM reserved-access document, only students enrolled in an UdeM curriculum and staff which are covered by the licences, may access them. They must also have configured their Proxy to be able the access documents off-campus. The UdeM libraries offers a guide to facilitate the creation of perennial links to articles in periodicals (French only).
Uploading a copy of a document in a StudiUM formation continue course
You don’t need to ask permission to do the following:
- Reproduce a work in the public domain.
- Reproduce, under the conditions defined by the author, a work which is assigned a Creative Commons.
- Upload a copy of a document protected by copyright which is available for free on the Internet for educational purposes as long as the distribution is limited to students duly enrolled in this UdeM activity, that the source is mentioned, that the reproduction has not been produced by circumventing a technological protection measure and that there is no notice on the website stating that it is forbidden to do so (Article 30.04 of the law).
- Under the Copibec agreement signed by UdeM, to reproduce in a course a journal article or a book chapter not covered by the possibilities listed above provided you declare each use through the Web form on the website of the Printing services (French only).
What about fair use ?
The Copyright Act does not specify specific tags on what constitutes fair use in an educational context. Therefore, if you wish to invoke this exception to the law in order to reproduce a copyright protected document in your StudiUM formation continue course, you must judge for yourself (as it engages your responsibility) if the intended use is fair using the 5 criteria defined by jurisprudence, namely: the purpose; nature and scale of use; the existence or absence of alternatives; the nature of the work used; the effect of the use of the said work; the respect for moral rights.
Beyond these possibilities, you must obtain permission of the author or copyright holder, to use protected content, reproduce, adapt, translate or communicate it.
To know more
Consult the Guide on Copyright (French only) and decision tree (French only) developed by the UdeM Libraries for students and teachers.