This guide and the resources included within are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license, except as otherwise noted. Questions and requests may be directed to Meaghan Shannon, Copyright Librarian at Queen's University: meaghan.shannon@queensu.ca.
The use of copyright-protected works at Queen's University is informed by the Canadian Copyright Act, Canadian case law (decisions from Canadian courts), the Copyright Compliance and Administration Policy, including Appendix A: Fair Dealing Requirements for Educational Copying, and various license agreements that the university has entered into with copyright owners and representative organizations. If your use of a copyright-protected work is outside of the scope of an exception in the Copyright Act, the Fair Dealing Requirements, or an existing license agreement, that doesn't necessarily mean that you cannot use that copyright-protected work; it does mean that authorization or permission from the author or copyright owner will be required in order to use that copyright-protected work. If authorization or permission is granted by the author or copyright owner, the use of that copyright-protected work can proceed. If authorization or permission is denied by the author or copyright owner, the use of the copyright-protected work cannot proceed and an alternative work should be sought.
The Copyright Advisory Office is available to consult with students who need public performance rights for a campus event or who need permission or a license in order to incorporate and republish content within their thesis, dissertation, or other publication. The Copyright Advisory Office will provide students with the contact information for copyright owners and rights distributors, provide guidance on the completion and submission of permission requests, and review and licenses or grants of permission. Please note that any permissions or licensing fees are the responsibility of students and will not be paid for by the Copyright Advisory Office.
If you have any questions about the Permissions & Licensing service, please contact the Copyright Advisory Office for assistance: qcopy@queensu.ca.
For more information about incorporating content into theses and dissertations and public performance rights for campus events, please see our Theses & Dissertations and Campus Events & Public Performance Rights pages.