In what situations do I need a copying licence?
You can conveniently procure a copying licence for your study centre from our licence store and thus facilitate the legal copying of materials. In teaching activities, many types of materials, such as online materials and printed materials, are protected by copyright law, which means that permission is required to copy, digitally share or save the materials.
You can request permission directly from the authors and publishers of the materials or obtain a copying licence from Kopiosto. A study centre’s copying licence allows for the legal use of materials, for example, when you want to
- copy, print, scan and photograph articles, images, sheet music, lyrics and extracts from publications and websites,
- save research reports and articles for developing education,
- supplement your teaching materials with copyrighted materials,
- incorporate copies into your own teaching materials, tests or entrance exams,
- distribute copies to learners as additional materials,
- allows learners to copy images and excerpts for their own project or study work.
Copies made under a copying licence may not be used for commercial purposes and no fee may be charged for them.
Acquiring a licence
You can conveniently procure a licence through our licence store. The price of a licence is calculated according to the previous year’s number of teaching hours. It is based on our surveys on the amount and content of copying.
You can purchase a licence for several locations at once in the same order by stating the total number of teaching hours in the previous calendar year for all locations. The licence is valid for one calendar year at a time, and you can easily renew it by logging into the licence store.
