Q. Can I photocopy material from English/grammar skills books that include exercises?

This is tricky, but the answer is often no, the reason being that these books are considered consumables.

What are consumables? 

Consumables are typically: 

• Published with the intent that one person will purchase and use the material
• Identified as workbooks or notebooks, or sometimes lab manuals
• Meant to be written in, with lots of fill-in-the-blank-type answer spaces

Why can't you copy a consumable? 

Photocopying this type of material would impact the market for it, which is not allowed under fair dealing guidelines.

Faculty: if you're copying the same pages every term, you should create a course pack that has permissions sought and is sold through the Campus Store. Please note that the copyright risk of this activity is still considered moderate.

If you have further questions, please contact the Copyright Team at theservicehub@senecapolytechnic.ca.