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The following resources give further advice on the legal and practical aspects of copyright.

We have also put together a guide to sources of openly licensed content, such as images and music.

Copyright law and guidance


  • The full up-to-date text of the act, outlining current copyright legislation in the UK.

  • Online resource aimed at making UK copyright law accessible to creators, media professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and members of the public.

  • Official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright.

  • Copyright legislation for those studying or working on the Qatar Campus.

Licensing


  • Details of the various Creative Commons open licences and how to abide by the licence terms, including advice on proper attribution.

  • Details of the CLA higher education scanning licence and permissions checker for seeing what material is covered.

Free-to-use images and music

If your intended use is not covered by a copyright exception, you may want to use openly licensed material. This would include uses such as adding purely decorative images or music to enhance a website or video.

The following sites include material under various open licences. Make sure you follow the terms of relevant licence, which will typically have requirements around aspects such as proper attribution or commercial use.


  • Links to sources of openly licensed music suitable for use in videos and presentations.

  • Digitised collections from galleries, libraries, archives, and museums across Europe, with a search filter for finding copyright-cleared images.

  • Popular photo-sharing site with images from individuals as well as organisations including museums, galleries and universities. Use the licence filter to limit your search results to material with a Creative Commons licence.

  • Search for public domain images from the collections of the Getty Museum.

  • Openly licensed stock photos featuring Black models.

  • Search over 600 million items licensed under Creative Commons, including photos and music.

  • Stock photos and video released under an open licence.

  • Huge range of photos, illustrations, music, and sound effects, mostly under a CC-0 licence.

  • High-resolution photos which are free to reuse under the terms of the Unsplash open licence.

  • Over 100,000 images from the Wellcome Library related to medical science, the body and public health.

  • Repository of openly licensed material including images, videos and sound recordings.