Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) Licence

The NLA is authorised by the publishers of certain newspapers to grant non-exclusive licences to copy cuttings:

• For distribution to staff for internal management purposes
• For distribution to students for educational and instruction purposes.

The licence permits staff and students to:

• Make photocopies, both ad hoc and systematically as part of a press cuttings distributions service, of cuttings taken from NLA newspapers
• To fax cuttings taken from those newspapers
• To include photocopies of cuttings for inclusion in study packs
• To project cuttings taken from those newspapers by illumination on to a screen
• To digitally scan cuttings, or to receive digital cuttings from a press cuttings agency or public relations consultancy, for circulation by email or other electronic means, from most NLA newspapers, subject to specific conditions

Limitation to the licence

• Limited to copying taking place within the United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands and Isle of Man)
• Does not include photographs, illustrations or advertisements appearing in newspapers
• Limited to making up to 250 copies of any one cutting
• Records must be kept of cuttings made to comply with auditing obligations

All cutting or collection of cuttings must be stamped with a notice:

"Copyright belongs to the NLA. No further copies may be made without the licence of the NLA.
A list of newspapers covered by the licence is displayed by each photocopier.
 
For more information please contact The Copyright Clearance Centre, Tel. 0191 243 7314 or e-mail in-copyright-clearance-centre@northumbria.ac.uk