{"id":56,"date":"2021-12-06T14:40:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/?p=56"},"modified":"2024-07-31T11:48:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T10:48:45","slug":"how-much-text-can-i-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/2021\/12\/06\/how-much-text-can-i-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"How much text can I copy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the UK, no statutory measure defines the quantity of text that&nbsp;can be&nbsp;copied. It has to be done&nbsp;so that a \u201cfair-minded and honest person\u201d would consider it just and&nbsp;that&nbsp;it is not&nbsp;used&nbsp;as an excuse to infringe copyright.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may paraphrase text when appropriate, but remember to reference it correctly, using&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apastyle.apa.org\/style-grammar-guidelines\/references\/examples\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coventry University Referencing Guidelines<\/a>. Include official links to referenced resources, such as official articles, landing pages, or officially uploaded material.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:9px\"><strong>The author takes no responsibility for the content of this page, which is not intended as binding legal advice. The views are about copyright in the UK Higher Education sector context.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the UK, no statutory measure defines the quantity of text that&nbsp;can be&nbsp;copied. It has to be done&nbsp;so that a \u201cfair-minded and honest person\u201d would consider it just and&nbsp;that&nbsp;it is not&nbsp;used&nbsp;as an excuse to infringe copyright.&nbsp;&nbsp; You may paraphrase text when appropriate, but remember to reference it correctly, using&nbsp;Coventry University Referencing Guidelines. Include official links [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[6,5,29],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faq-on-copyright","tag-publication","tag-text","tag-tips-and-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1326,"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/1326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}