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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm afraid not. Unlike the US's fair use law, which provides a set of four criteria by which a particular usage can be judged, the UK's fair dealing law provides three and only three circumstances under which a copyrighted work can be reproduced. These are:
- Academic research or study,
- Criticism or review,
- The reporting of current events
"Reading books out loud to children" doesn't fit into any of these categories.
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Ahh, okay. I thought there was provision for educational use which story time might fall under. So libraries in the UK, many of which offer story time according to their websites pay a fee? Any idea what kind of fee we're talking about or do rights holders usually grant them use without a fee?