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What special exemptions do libraries, archives and museums enjoy?

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Subject to specific limitations, libraries, archives and museums, including those in educational institutions, can

  • make a copy of a deteriorating, damaged or lost work;
  • make a copy of a work for restoration, on-site consultation, record keeping and cataloguing, insurance purposes or police investigation, or in an alternate format where the existing one is obsolete;
  • make a copy of work that is, or is contained in an article published in a newspaper or periodical for patrons involved in research or private study;
  • allow copies of works to be made at photocopy machines installed on their premises for use by patrons, where the prescribed notice warning of infringement of copyright is posted;
  • in the case of archives, make a copy of an unpublished work that is deposited in the archive.

In addition, libraries, archives and museums in educational institutions currently have the benefit of the exemptions available to educational institutions.

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