Does “an implied licence to copy” mean that no payment need be made to CAL?
A. An implied licence to copy will only be found to exist where it is absolutely clear that notwithstanding that the owner of copyright has not said so expressly, he or she grants permission for the work in question to be copied without payment. This will depend very much on the facts of each particular case. Staff should be instructed not to presume, without consulting with their copyright officer, that there is an “implied” licence to copy anything which is published on the Internet.
