Q. What is copyright?

The legal rights belonging to authors and publishers, which prevent anyone making copies of their work without their permission. More information can be found on the Copyright Section.

If you are a distance learning student using the photocopy request service, please note that under UK copyright law the Library is allowed to copy no more than one article from a single journal part/issue or one chapter from a book or 5% whichever is the greater.

Please email copyright@le.ac.uk or telephone 0116 252 7399 if you have any queries.