Copyright Licensing NZ

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Let's do the right thing.

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Every day, people copy and share printed material for a variety of reasons, including for education, research, information and business. Unauthorised copying deprives authors and publishers of valuable income and reduces their incentive to create new material.

Getting your head around the Copyright Act can be frustrating, as can hunting down the copyright owner every time you need to ask permission to copy a printed work.

This is where we come in.

Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) is jointly owned by the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA). As a member of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFFRO), CLNZ is part of a global network that represents the interests of publishers and authors from all around the world.

Our tailored licensing solutions allow education facilities, businesses and government departments to copy, scan and share from copyright protected material including books, magazines, journals and periodicals; beyond what is permitted under the Copyright Act 1994. CLNZ is a non-profit business and net revenue from licensing is distributed to copyright owners.