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Copyright for course packs

File naming conventions

File naming

When you save a pdf or make a scan you should indicate in the file name how the copyright were cleared:

cc

Copyright Cleared  - meaning paid for.
Via  the publisher, HBR or CCC  or any other rights seller.

cla

Copyright Licensing Agency license covered scan or digital copy.

NB if it is copied under the (paid for) second extract service of the CLA use cc

If it was provided by the British Library then user: clac

nc

No Charge as it one of the following: LBS owned, Creative Commons, free to use, or public domain.

nla

Newspaper Licensing Agency licensed scan or digital copy.

Examples

So for a book chapter:     For a case:     For a newspaper article:
Covered by the cla licence for free Purchase from the CaseCentre Covered by the NLA for digital copying or scanning
book_BusinessCycles_cla.pdf     case_Swatch_cc.pdf             newarticle_WSJ_nla