Businesses

Multiple copying of extracts from published works requires permission from the copyright owner, but obtaining it can be tedious and time consuming. As a business you need easy access to information. Purchasing a Corporate Licence is a time-saving and cost-effective way of securing instant permission to photocopy from a world-wide repertoire of published works. Not only does it give you increased legal protection against any alleged infringement; you have the assurance that the copyright owners will be paid for any work copied.
Alternatively, the Annual Copyright Clearance Licence is available for organisations that photocopy on a modest scale.

What sort of organisations have a CLL Corporate Licence?

Our licensees include small, medium, and large companies, law firms, pharmaceutical companies, management consultancies and other organisations that make copies from journals or books during the course of their business.

What does the Corporate Licence cover?

A Copyright Licensing Ltd (CLL) licence allows for multiple photocopying of extracts from books, periodicals and journals for internal business purposes, or for any other purpose authorised under the licence as follows:

• up 10% or one chapter of a work, whichever is greater;
• up to 15 pages of all or part of a single work in a collection of works, even if the work is published separately, e.g.: a published compilation;
• one or part of one article from a periodical publication, or additional articles from the same periodical publication if they are on the same subject;
• an artistic work (such as a diagram or illustration) only where copied as part of a textual work;
• a complete work, only where the work is out of print or unavailable in sufficient quantity within a reasonable time at the normal price (subject to prior written approval from CLL).

What doesn't the licence cover?

The photocopying licence does not permit the copying of the following material, which must be copied in accordance with the Act or with specific permission from the copyright owner:

• Works stipulating that they may not be copied under a copyright licence of this nature;
• works downloaded from the Internet;
• printed music (including the words);
• loose maps and charts;
• unpublished religious orders of service;
• New Zealand newspapers;
• house journals (publications for employees);
• photographs and / or illustrations published separately from a work;
• privately owned work (issued for tuition purposes and limited to a clientele who pays fees); or
• theses, dissertations and student papers.

How do I apply for a licence?

Please contact us on: 0800 480 271.

How long does a licence last?

The Corporate Licence commences on 1st January and expires on 31st December. It is renewable annually.

Sampling Surveys

Under its licence schemes, CLL needs to determine whose copyright works are being copied and what proportion of licence fees collected should be allocated to each copyright owner whose work is copied. Where it would be impractical or time-consuming for licensees to keep records of all copying, we ask licensees to participate in sampling surveys which we carry out each year in a number of statistically selected organisations. If your organisation is asked to participate in a survey, all we ask is that you keep accurate records of copyright material copied, for a period of eight weeks. This is not to check what you are copying, but to inform us of the source and volume of copyright works being used. From this we are able to distribute fees to the correctly identified authors, artists and publishers. We brief the staff or a representative of licensed organisations both on copyright issues and the sampling survey process beforehand, and we are happy to assist with any queries you might have.