MyAberdeen: Copyright

Understanding copyright on our VLE

Using third-party material is a crucial part of teaching and creating meaningful and engaging learning materials. For instance, you might want to use photos in a lecture, share an article for your students to evaluate, or show a film to a seminar group.

Understanding copyright will enable you to use third-party works fairly and avoid legal infringement without unnecessarily restricting students' access to this valuable learning material.

This resource provides help and guidance for academics on how you can use copyright material appropriately in MyAberdeen, and gives links to usesful websites and documents to help you understand the main differences between copyright law and copyright licences.

For more information email copyright@abdn.ac.uk.

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Last updated on 12 September 2025