Buying one of our licences provides you with blanket permission and avoids the need to contact the authors and publishers each time you want to make a copy, providing the published content is covered within our repertoire. You can use our Check Permissions search tool to find out if you're covered.
Some of our licences permit copying from certain digital publications. You can use our Check Permissions search tool to find out if you're covered. If the publisher is not included in our repertoire, then you will need to contact that publisher directly to obtain permission.
Many major magazine titles can be copied under our licences – further information about reusing this kind of content here. Some magazines are licensed by NLA Media Access. You can see if you are covered to copy from any magazine by using our Check Permissions search tool. Permission to copy content from national or regional newspapers is granted by NLA Media Access.
You should contact the original creator of the work if it is unpublished, or the publisher otherwise. If the work was created during the course of employment then the employer will generally be the copyright owner rather than the individual.
You will need to get permission from the map publisher. Standard licences are available from most major map publishing companies such as Street Map and the Ordnance Survey.
You can make copies when you have one of our licences.