There is a photocopy machine in the library. A black-and-white/color ID card-operated photocopier for public use. If you are a staff member, you can use the photocopier with your ID card. If you are a student, please ask at the service counter between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm on weekdays (except between noon and 1:00 pm). For more details, please ask at the service counter. |
Literary works contained in books, journals, and newspapers are all protected by the Copyright Law. Due to the reproduction right that prohibits literary works from being reproduced without permission of the copyright holder, no one is allowed to “reproduce (copy)” literary works “in tangible form” without prior permission in any form whatsoever, whether by handwriting, photographing, duplicating, audio-recording, video-recording, or storing data on a PC’s hard disk or server. However, there are exceptional cases where reproducing literary works is allowed without permission of the copyright holder. |
Examples of the exceptional cases |
(1) Libraries and other institutions designated by Cabinet Order are exceptionally allowed to reproduce literary works without permission of the copyright holder under Article 31 (Reproduction in libraries, etc.) of the Copyright Law on condition that:![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() . To furnish a user with a single copy of part of a literary work already made public at the request of the user and for the purpose of his or her own investigation or research: in case of a book, up to half of its contents may be reproduced, while in case of a work contained in a journal whose next issue has already been published, all of its contents may be reproduced. . To furnish other libraries with a copy of library materials that are rarely available through normal channels because the materials are out of print or for other similar reasons, at the request of the libraries. |
(2) Persons who are in charge of teaching and those who are taught in schools or other educational institutions (learners) are exceptionally allowed to reproduce literary works for use in a course of lessons under Article 35-1 (Reproduction, etc. in schools and other educational institutions) of the Copyright Law. This exceptional clause applies also to the case where teachers download literary works through the Internet or print and duplicate such works for the purpose of producing educational materials and to the case where learners distribute copies of literary works to be used as educational materials to other learners. In all of these cases, the following conditions must be met: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |