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Anthologies for educational use

Cap. 252, s. 61 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) The inclusion, in a collection intended for use in educational institutions, of a short passage from a published literary or dramatic work does not infringe copyright in the work if, (a) the collection is described in the title and in any advertisements thereof issued by or on behalf of the publisher, as being so intended; (b) the work was not itself published for the use of educational institutions; 77 (c) the collection consists mainly of material in which no copyright subsists; (d) not more than one other such passage or part from works by the same author is published by the same publisher within the period of five years immediately preceding the publication of that collection; and (e) the inclusion is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement. (2) Subsection (1) of this section, does not authorise the inclusion of more than two excerpts from protected works by the same author in collections published by the same publisher over any period of five years. (3) In relation to any given passage, the reference in subsection (2) of this section to excerpts from works by the same author, (a) shall be taken to include excerpts from works by him in collaboration with another; and (b) if the passage in question is from such a work, shall be taken to include excerpts from works by any of the authors, whether alone or in collaboration with another.
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Anthologies for educational use — Cap. 252 s. 61 · Belize Law