Licensed Materials & Fees

Licensed Materials

According to the Agreement, all literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic Work, or a part of such Works in printed form, of which copies have been issued to the public whether in the form of a book, magazine, newspaper, journal or periodical or otherwise excluding:

  1. all Works listed in the "List of Excluded Licensed Material" compiled by HKRRLS
  2. those works (if any) listed in writing by the Licensor and issued to the Licensee in January and July of each year during the Term. The exclusion list and additions to the exclusion list shall not take effect until one month after written notification to the Licensee; and
  3. all Textbooks.

Excluded Categories

The agreements with HKRRLS do not cover any of the following listed categories of works or published works:

  • Works published outside the following territories: Hong Kong SAR, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Mainland China, New Zealand, Quebec, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, USA and Zimbabwe. (In other words, Works published in named territories may be scanned under this Agreement.)
  • Works without ISBN or ISSN (except that this Agreement covers designated newspapers without ISBN or ISSN).
  • Workbooks, work cards, exercise books, worksheets, assignment sheets, tests, examination papers, and other Published Works intended to be "consumable" or for one-time use.
  • Teachers' resources, including instructors' manuals, solutions manuals, test bank, teachers' guides.
  • Instruction manuals.
  • Publications containing a notice expressly prohibiting copying under the authorization of a licence from a reproduction rights organization.
  • Newspapers (except that this Agreement covers newspapers published in Canada, Denmark, Mainland China, Quebec, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan and USA).
  • Magazines (except that this Agreement covers magazines published in Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Mainland China, New Zealand, Quebec, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK and USA).
  • Printed music including the words (except that this Agreement covers printed music including the words published in Hong Kong SAR, Australia, Denmark, Mainland China, Switzerland, Taiwan, USA and Zimbabwe).
  • Works listed hereunder:
    • All publications published by the City University of Hong Kong Press
    • All case studies published by Harvard Business School
    • All publications published by Witman Publishing Co (HK) Ltd

Hong Kong Nursing Journal published by the College of Nursing, Hong Kong
 

Licence Fee

  • Based on the signed Licence Agreement with HKRRLS (Photocopying) (Scanning), the Licence Fee shall be number of pages of Copies/Scans made of the Licensed Materials x Current rate
  • In the event that the Licensor specifically authorizes and the Licensee makes Copies of the Licensed Materials in excess of the limits
  • any charges set by the copyright owners of the relevant Licensed Materials; and
  • 20% of the charges set by the copyright owners of the relevant Licensed Materials, being the service charge for the Licensor.