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Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000
F44[Illustration for education, teaching or scientific research
57.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), it is not an infringement of the rights conferred by this Part—
(a) to make or cause to be made a copy or communication of a work for the sole purpose of illustration for education, teaching or scientific research or of preparation for education, teaching or scientific research, or
(b) for an educational establishment, for the educational purposes of that establishment, to reproduce or cause to be reproduced a work, or to do or cause to be done, any other necessary act, in order to display it.
(2) Subsection (1) shall apply only if the reproduction or communication is—
(a) made for purposes that are non-commercial,
(b) made only to the extent justified by the non-commercial purposes to be achieved, and
(c) accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.
(3) Not more than 5 per cent of any work can be copied under this section in any calendar year.
(4) Where a copy which would otherwise be an infringing copy is made under this section but is subsequently sold, rented or lent, or offered or exposed for sale, rental or loan, or otherwise made available to the public, it shall be treated as an infringing copy for those purposes and for all subsequent purposes.]
F45[(5) Any contractual provisions contrary to this section shall be unenforceable.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F44
Substituted (2.12.2019) by Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (19/2019), s. 15, S.I. No. 586 of 2019.
F45
Inserted (12.11.2021) by European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 567 of 2021), reg. 6(a).