Maps and atlases published seventy years ago or less are in copyright. Copyright provisions apply to the Ordnance Survey in the same way as to other publishers. However, Crown Copyright exists for fifty years following the year of publication. Maps out of copyright can be copied in their entirety. Ordnance Survey mapping Photocopies of entire Ordnance Survey sheets still in copyright can be provided to members of the University of Oxford, otherwise written permission from the Ordnance Survey is required. Copies will be used solely for the purposes of private study or non-commercial research. However, the Library is permitted to provide up to four copies of an A4 extract of a single map published by the Ordnance Survey "in appropriate circumstances", for instance use in theses. Each copy should be accompanied by an acknowledgement in the form: © Crown copyright and database rights. Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey®. Readers may use a digital camera to take copies from First and Second Edition (bound) Ordnance Survey plans. Flash is not permitted. No other mapping may be photographed by readers. Reproduction services (photocopying, scans and photographs) are available. The British Geological Survey also permits the copying of A4 extracts from its maps at 1:50,000 and smaller scales. Photocopies of maps and atlases issued by other U.K. publishers, and in all countries which have signed the international convention regarding copyright cannot be provided without the prior written permission of the publisher. A4 copies of maps from Ordnance Survey atlases are permissible. The rule for printed books (up to 5% or one chapter of the whole can be photocopied) applies to books with substantial amounts of text. Maps in atlases should normally be treated as standard sheet maps - A4 extracts of maps in copyright are only permissible from Ordnance Survey mapping. This agreement also applies to the printing of maps from electronic data that is lawfully available to the public within the library. Exceptions In certain circumstances exceptions are made to the above rules. These are as follows: Legal cases Exemption from copyright restrictions and fees occurs when reproductions are made for the purpose of a judicial proceeding, or for the purpose of a report of a judicial proceeding. The criterion must be that the maps are required for submission in court. Legal firms do not automatically apply for this exemption. Any photocopying order with this exemption must include the wording "Required for submission in court". Readers should write this phrase on the order themselves and sign it. Maps required for legal preliminaries or investigation are not exempt. Firms with a photocopying licence from the Ordnance Survey This empowers them to photocopy maps in their own possession. It is not relevant to maps in Bodley's collection, for which permission to photocopy must be obtained from the Ordnance Survey in the usual way. United States government publications Photocopy restrictions on copyright material do not apply. Experian Goad shopping centre plans Unlimited photocopies of shopping centre plans can be made for private or educational research and other non-commercial use only. Facsimile maps Photocopies of facsimile maps can be provided, so long as the original image is over seventy years old and no changes have been made to the original. However, any accompanying modern text cannot be photocopied. Updated 22 Mar. 2010