How do the “insubstantial portions” (s.135ZG and s 135ZMB) provisions operate?
one or two pages of a literary or dramatic work which is hardcopy form; or no more than one percent of the total number of pages in the literary or dramatic work if there are more than 200 pages (no more that one per cent of the words in the work if the work is in electronic form). But note the following provisos: · Copying or communicating the whole of a work will never fit within the insubstantial portion exemption. Accordingly, copies and communications of an entire article in a periodical publication, or the entire text of a pamphlet, cannot fall within the exemption. · The exemption does not apply at all to artistic works or musical works. The copying of cartoons (and possibly graphs), as well as sheet music, will therefore fall outside the exemption. · The copying or communication must be carried out on the premises of the university. · A period of more than 14 days must elapse before a person relying on this provision can seek to copy any other part of the same work in reliance
