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A list of those works excluded by the publisher for this particular licence is shown below.

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A list of those works excluded by the publisher for this particular licence is shown below.

Please note that if you wish to copy from any of the works listed as excluded, you should contact the copyright owners directly for permission prior to copying. In the first instance, this would usually be the publisher.

Excluded Publishers

Publisher Name
DC Thomson and Company Limited
Local World Limited
THE COCKTAIL LOVERS LIMITED
GEOGRAPHICAL PUBLICATIONS LTD
LLEWINLLYN-WESTLAKE
AMBASSADOR PRODUCTIONS LTD
British Broadcasting Corporation
Economist
PORTHILL PUBLISHERS
CHAPTER 3 PUBLICATIONS
Gatehouse Media Limited
KNIGHTON ENTERPRISES LTD
Cegedim Dendrite Limited
POLITICAL QUARTERLY PUBLISHING CO LTD
LINEWRIGHTS LTD
POMEGRANATE EUROPE LTD
21 PUBLISHING LTD
POPPYLAND PUBLISHING
Fall Press
Organic Apocalypse
Creditflux Limited
AJK LTD
INTERNATIONAL GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATION
HEALTH INSIGHTS 4U LIMITED
LIBRIS LTD
GAMES WORKSHOP LTD
ALHANI INTERNATIONAL BOOKS LTD
SourceMedia LLC
AIR TRANSPORT & TRAVEL INDUSTRY TRAINING
THIRD WORLD FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION TEACHING RESOURCES
SOCIETY OF HOMEOPATHS
Gibson Square Books Limited
CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANT PUBLICATIONS
Midland News Association Limited
Leicestershire Adult Learning Service
RENEWS LTD
PLUNKETT FOUND FOR CO-OP STUDIES
Canal and River Trust
Platts
AEA TECHNOLOGY
CAR PR Ltd
BRIGHTON SOURCE, THE
PINKFOOT PRESS
Newton Media
GRANDREAMS LTD
TAYLOR GRAHAM
Glass and Glazing Federation
TARANIS BOOKS
LCD Publishing Limited
WATER MANAGEMENT SOCIETY
Yachting Life
T.H.C.L. BOOKS
PHILOGRAPH PUBLICATIONS LTD
Advance Materials Limited
LEARNING TOGETHER
Athletics Weekly Limited
Safkhet Books Limited
Havers Directories Limited
VIOLET PUBLISHING LTD
Online Data Assessment
CITYWIRE FINANCIAL PUBLISHERS
TADPOLE BOOKS LTD
PHOTOBOOK INFORMATION SERVICE LTD
STAKEHOLDER SATISFACTION
SYNON EUROPE LTD
ARGUS MEDIA LIMITED
Ditchley Foundation
BAT CONSERVATION TRUST
Jill Raines
RA Media Limited
LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
LANCASHIRE COUNTY BOOKS
ADDISON-CHILD PETER
LAMP PUBLISHING HOUSE
Black Ox Limited
Landscape Design Trust
Forestry Journal Limited
SUCCESS! PUBLICATIONS, ROTHERHAM
FOOTBALL STADIA IMPROVEMENT FUND & FOOTBALL LICENSING AUTHORITY
WORLD EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP
SYMPOSIUM LTD
Indiana University Press - Office of Scholarly Publishing
Financial Times Business Limited
Turps Banana Limited
RIDGEHILL PUBLISHING
FINANCIAL TIMES PHARMACEUTICAL
Practical Law Company Limited
Campaign Against Arms Trade
CAMBRIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOC
TQM INTERNATIONAL LTD
Heathside Trading Limited
Drivemedia Limited
STOCKWELL (ARTHUR H) LTD
Stone Leisure Limited
ASSOCIATION FOR THE TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY
Institute for Learning
Legalease Limited
Feed The Minds
KINGSFLEET PUBLISHING
RDC Aviation Limited
NATIONAL BACK EXCHANGE
KINGSTON BUSINESS SCHOOL
Den of Geek
Victor Bertolaccini
STAFFORDSHIRE LIBRARIES, ARTS AND ARCHIV
TRADE AND TARIFFS RESEARCH
STAGECOACH EDUCATIONAL COURSE FOR THE UN
CAFOD
OXFORD PSYCHOLOGISTS PRESS
ST MICHAEL'S ABBEY PRESS
PALLADIAN PUBLICATIONS LTD
BUTTERICK COMPANY LTD
KARIA PRESS
Proprietary Association of Great Britain
RIGHTS OF WAY LAW REVIEW
YOUNG CHRISTIAN WORKERS
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
BURGESS (JOHN) PUBLICATIONS
KAYECORP LTD
EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE PUB. LTD
PLANNING INSPECTORATE
KARNAK HOUSE
SRHE & NFER-NELSON
Woods Whur Publishing
Merlin Legal Publishing
ECCH
BSA PUBLICATIONS LTD
Nature in Cambridgeshire
Raconteur Media Ltd
Association of First Division Civil Servants
BROOKLANDS BOOKS
SOVEREIGN WORLD LTD
OVUM LTD
JOSEPH (RICHARD) PUBLISHERS LTD
EUROPEAN FOUNDATION
British Glass Manufacturers Confederation Limited
Abela Publishing
JOHN BROWN PUBLISHING
CRU Publishing Limited
CHIPPYCHAT LTD
Newsquest Specialist Media Limited
Great War Literature Publishing LLP
Guild Press
BUNAC TRAVEL SERVICES LTD
INSURANCE INSIDER, THE
Frieze
Euromoney Institutional Investor plc
Institute of Money Advisers
Doc Brown's Chemistry Clinic
CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH SOCIETY
LEGAL & COMMERICAL PUBLISHING
EUROMONITOR PUBLICATIONS LTD
ESTATE PUBLICATIONS
EXCALIBUR PRESS OF LONDON
JASPER PUBLISHING
SOFTBACKS
ORDNANCE SURVEY
PHONIC BLEND SYSTEMS LTD
Spirax-Sarco Limited
PILGRIM PRESS LTD
NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY PLANNING DEPARTMENT
PSYCHOTHERAPY CENTRE
SCOTTISH TOURIST BOARD
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
ERNST & YOUNG
Aves Press Limited
BRITISH TELECOM
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
Islamic Cultural Centre
Mergermarket Limited
Spindlewood
JAMES PIKE LTD
SUNDANCER LTD
Larkin Publications
TAKEOVER PANEL
OLD STILE PRESS
ANBAR PUBLICATIONS LTD
Harrison Publications Ltd
Office of Health Economics
NURSING NOTES LTD
Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation
ENGINEERING COUNCIL
SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANAESTHES
OCARINA WORKSHOP PUBLICATIONS
Radge Media Limited
East Midlands Newspapers Ltd
NOVELLO & CO LTD
YORE PUBLICATIONS
Social History Curators Group
OBSERVER LTD
We Love Learning Limited
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY PUBLISHERS
Numerical Algorithms Group Limited
Captive Animals’ Protection Society
INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION
EMISSARY PUBLISHING
EMERY (GORDON)
ENCOUNTER LTD
NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING EXECUTIVE
INTERSCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS LTD
National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners Limited
Joseph Biddulph
BRITISH INDUSTRIAL PUBLICITY OVERSEAS
INTERNATIONAL POWDER INSTITUTE
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY LIBRARY
AEROSOL SOCIETY, THE
X-LING PRESS LTD
The Goldsmiths Company
International Maritime Organization
ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND - ACTION ON DEMENTIA
ELM PUBLICATIONS
JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMMITTEE
SMART CARD NEWS LTD
British Institute of Professional Photography
AJL TAJIR TRUST
WORLD SHIP SOCIETY
Heriot-Watt University
China Britain Business Council
CWAVES LIMITED
EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION ENTERPR
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN
WORDS PRESS
Ireland's Homes Interiors & Living Magazine
Department for Work and Pensions
Cereal Magazine
Night Shift Enterprises Limited
WORKING PRESS
EETAS PUBLICATIONS
NISHEN (DIRK) PUBLISHING LTD
SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL EDUCATION DEPARTM
Kantos Media Limited
INSURANCE INSTITUTE OF LONDON
Independent News and Media Limited
WOODSTOCK BOOKS
CONCILIATION RESOURCES
NEWSWEEK INC
WOODFIELD PUBLISHING
WOOLF (CECIL)
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
Aviation Media
WINCHESTER GALLERY
NEW WINE PRESS
WINCHESTER GROUP
BRISTOL NATURALISTS' SOCIETY
Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators
NEW FICTION
SERINDIA PUBLICATIONS
SHEEN PUBLISHING LTD
NETWORK PUBLISHING LTD
NEW CITY
SELDEN SOCIETY
Country Gentlemen's Association Limited
ICE CREAM ALLIANCE
Infopro Digital Services Limited
INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC BANKING & FINANCE
WILLIAM CURTIS LTD
ANCHOR TRUST
University of York Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
WIDE SKIRT PRESS
2A Publishing Limited
DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME
WILD SWAN PUBLICATIONS LTD
HARRAP
CHANNEL 21 INTERNATIONAL
NATURETREK EDUCATIONAL BOOKS
SCRIPTUM EDITIONS
Absolute Horse
Hotcourses Limited
NATIONAL UNION OF THE DEAF
BOOSEY & HAWKES MUSIC PUB LTD
WHITEHALL PRESS LTD
Steve Savage Publishers Limited
Occasional Papers
Museums Galleries Scotland
BOOK CASTLE, THE
Alastair Sawday Publishing Co Limited
NATIONAL PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCI
Roger Barber Publishing
NATIONAL MONEY ADVICE TRAINING UNIT
WESTMINSTER MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD
STRATEGIC MEDICAL PUBLISHING
JAMES M IRVINE
SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE FOUNDATION
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Agricultural Law Association
WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD
FILTRATION SOLUTIONS
DEESON GROUP
Insider Publications Limited
DEVON FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
INDEPENDENT BROADCASTING AUTHO
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
WELLSWEEP PRESS
Noble Rot
SLINK MAGAZINE LIMITED
HowToMoodle Limited
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL
OCLC (UK) LIMITED
WAREHAM BEAR PUBLICATIONS
Richard Webb Publisher
ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UN
AUDIO PUBLISHING LTD
WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LTD
SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND
DERBYSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE LTD
British Toy and Hobby Association
BEYOND THE RISING SUN PUBLICATIONS
SAYERS PUBLISHING GROUP
RUSLAN LTD
NATIONAL ASSOC. OF PROFESSORS
IMAGES (BOOK SALES & DISTRIBUTION) LTD
NATIONAL ASSN FOR MULTI-RACIAL EDUC
Ravinder Gill
MMG Publishing Limited
WALSALL EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES SUPPORT UNIT
Fauna and Flora International
Business Network UK Limited
Tomorrows Guides Limited
PharmaVentures
ICR PUBLISHERS LTD
Aberlour Press Limited
VOLUNTEER CENTRE UK
MURRAY (KEITH)
RYDER PUBLISHING
Cake Masters Limited
Dog Section Press Limited
VIDEO ARTS LTD
GEM Motoring Assist Limited
Science and Technology Facilities Council
DEFIANT PUBLICATIONS
DALTON (TERENCE) LTD
MOTOROLA LTD
RUNPAST PUBLISHING
DALEBANK BOOKS
Hyde Publications
RSA EXAMINATIONS BOARD
BEE VEE PROMOTIONS LTD
Wigmore Medical Limited
AJ Bell Media Limited
MSR BOOKS
NAM Publications Limited
Institute of Islamic banking and Insurance (IIBI)
Compass Publications Limited
Stage Media Company Limited
NATIONAL VEGETABLE SOCIETY
BRITISH POLIO FELLOWSHIP
Shelley Power Literary Agency Limited
Caister Academic Press Limited
MORRIGAN PUBLICATIONS
University of York Centre for Health Economics
MINTEL INTERNATIONAL GROUP LTD
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, CENTRE FOR URBAN &
Reach Publishing Services Limited
Murray and Sorrell Fuel Limited
BARTON (DAVID)
ROYAL ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
CROWTHER (G.L)
UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER
Business Travel News Limited
CUBE PUBLICATIONS
RMS PUBLISHING
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS
SING TAO (UK) LTD
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
Aspermont Media Limited
Birmingham City Council
Barclays Bank plc
UNIVERSITY OF WALES COLLEGE OF CARDIFF
News UK and Ireland Limited
ROWAN YARNS LTD
BAKER (DR.D.M.)
MILES ARNOLD LTD
National World Publishing Limited
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, DEPT OF TOWN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD
ROSENEATH SCIENTIFIC PUB
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCAST UPON TYNE CEN
Social Europe Publishing
Storysack Limited
METRO ENTERPRISES LTD
Business Leader Limited
RJ Chapman
ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY (ACB)
MERSEYSIDE AREA PROFILE GROUP
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD - PITT RIVERS MUSEUM
MID-ANTRIM HISTORICAL GROUP
Knot Worldwide
British Association of Dramatherapists
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
INSTITUTE OF STERILE SERVICES MANAGEMENT
ROLLS ROYCE
METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE
POLICY EXCHANGE
De La Salle Brothers
Pageant Media Limited
Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO)
MJH Shared Services LLC
COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
AVANTI BOOKS
HENLEY - THE MANAG COLLEGE
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
AVERT Limited
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
World of Yachts and Boats Limited
UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD
Fizzy Funny Fuzzy
MU ASSASAT AL-QUDS AL-ARABI LIL-NASHR
University of North Carolina Press
COSMATOM
LAWS Publishing Limited
CONVENTION OF SCOTTISH LOCAL AUTHORITIES
HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT BROKERS
Glasgow Council For Voluntary Service
UNIV OF EDINBURGH, CTRE FOR THEOLOGY
RENTOKIL (ASSOCIATED BUSINESS PRESS)
MDE PUBLICATIONS
HEARING EYE
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, AGRICULTURAL ECONO
LEARN TO CARE
Technologystudent
ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION OF CRICKET STATISTICIANS
HAYES PRESS
MCCARTA
ESDU
MCCARTA LTD
MARWOOD
REDBECK PRESS
Dow Jones and Company
COMPUTER WEEKLY PUBLICATIONS
Trafford Media & Communications Limited
Readers Digest Association Limited
MARKET GUIDES LTD
DACTYL PUBLISHING
HARPERS
William Reed Limited
REAM LTD
CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE LTD
Society of Public Information Networks
RAILWAY CORRESPONDENCE & TRAVEL SOCIETY
UNILEVER ED LIAISON
Clear Sky Publishing
Net-A-Porter Group Limited
Trinity Long Room Hub
International Air Transport Association
MARCHAM MANOR PRESS
ASIATIC MAGNAPRINT
HAMILTON PRESS (CARDIFF)
FILTRATION SOCIETY
HPCi Media Limited
Cecile Park Publishing Limited
ASR RESOURCES
BCINSIGHT
ARTICLE PRESS
Halban (Peter) Publishers Limited
BEN & BETTY LTD
Ashford Buchan & Enright
UCAS
ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC
MANCHESTER OPEN LEARNING
UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
Boatshop 24 Ltd
The Planet Group (UK) Ltd
Royal Airforces Association
Graffito Books Ltd
TULIP PUBLICATIONS
PEST CONTROL NEWS LTD
STONE CROSS PUBLISHING
ICC BUSINESS RATIOS LTD
Chameleon Business Media
Infinite Ideas Limited
Family Law Bar Association
MACE COMPUTER SERVICES
CLOTH BUSINESS BOOKS
Johnston Publishing Limited
LYSTER (THOMAS) LTD
UNION OF LIBERAL AND PROGRESSIVE SYNAGOGUES
Publishing Training Centre
Legacy Magazines Ltd
Punch Limited
TRINDER (VERA)LTD
Prendo Simulations Limited
CLAYTON-WRAY PUBLICATIONS LTD
PROJECTION 2000
APEX CENTRE, THE
CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
Gowland & Co
AQA
Alpha International
TRAIL CREST PUBLICATIONS
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM
PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHERS BOX CLOSED
APOLLO PRESS LTD
ROTHERHAM
ARCHIVE EDITIONS
APPLIED MARKET INFORMATION LTD
INDEPENDENT TELEVISION COMMISSION
ARAB-BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WOODLAND TRUST
Incisive Business Media Limited
AQUA-MEDIA INTERNATIONAL LTD
PROBUS PUBLISHING CO
GORDON & BREACH SCIENCE PUBLIS
A.W & C BARSBY
CHECKMATE PUBLICATIONS
ATOM PUBLISHING
Business of Fashion Limited
TIDY BRITAIN GROUP
LOFTHOUSE PUBLICATIONS
DWF
Times Newspapers Limited
CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS ASSOC
Gourmet Guide
Tadley Ewing Publications
CHILDWALL UNIVERSITY PRESS
Trusted Reviews Limited
Scottish Business Information Service
SKI CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN
PEI Media Limited
Cairngorm Club
Bowhead Media Limited
HeadStart Primary Limited