Commercial or non-commercial guidelines
Provides a user requesting an article request with guidance on what is regarded as a commercial copy and a non-commercial copy.
"These uses might be considered non-commercial:
Work done by day-release students in employment but undertaking further education outside their place of work
Work done by lecturers entirely for their students
Articles for scholarly journals or papers for conference unless a fee is anticipated
Work done for personal professional development
Work done exclusively for an NHS Trust
These uses might be considered commercial:
Company R&D
Market Research
Information brokerage
Articles or papers where a fee is offered
Work done for spin-off companies owned by universities or similar
Work done for a private medical facility, including copying which is to be used partly for private work and partly for NHS work
Work done by students for an employer while on placement
Research done by students which it is known or expected will be used for commercial purposes.
Work done by charities or non-commercial organisations to earn income even if it is then used to further the charity’s aims
Work done by for-profit companies to earn money which is covenanted to a not-for-profit organisation or charity
Training or professional development funded by an employer which is linked to a commercial company’s work or linked to carrying out a commercial activity
Status uncertain:
Work done by staff/students in academia sponsored by a commercial company but not necessarily for the benefit of that company
Work done for charities to raise funds
Work done to gain a qualification which will ensure a pay rise.”
The above guidance comes from a document by Graham P Cornish, entitled "Guidelines on the recent changes to copyright law” by Graham P Cornish
Source: MCG/LACA, 23 September 2004
http://www.cilip.org.uk/professionalguidance/copyright/advice/guidelines.htm
