Vendors' copyright terms of use

1. Can I make multiple copies of standards from this database?
   No except for purposes of examination (see below)
2. Can I link directly to a standard in the database from Moodle?
   Yes - see how to get a link below*.
3. Can I put a copy of a PDF on Moodle?
   No except for the purposes of examination (see below)
4. Inter-library loan permitted?
   Yes as allowed under s.53 of the Copyright Act 1994 
5. Can I use genAI with this database?
   There is no specific reference to genAI in our agreement with Standards NZ but as a general rule, in order to comply with our license agreements Unitec students and staff should not use library databases or the materials within them in conjunction with a generative artificial intelligence solution. The only exceptions to this are the exceptions allowed under the Copyright Act, or  using genAI functionality that is built into the database as part of the product.

Source
Online Library Service Agreement signed on 3 December 2024

*Linking to the standards:

• Links to the most popular standards are listed under the LibrarySearch record for the Standards Online Database here: https://unitec.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/unitec:default_scope:64UNITEC_INST5142523690002151 see Links (right panel)
  You are welcome to copy those links and use them in Moodle.
• If you require other links please contact libadmin@unitec.ac.nz with details of the standard you wish to link to and we will send you a link.

Exception for Examinations and assignments
s.49 of the Copyright Act says: “ Copyright is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of an examination, whether by way of setting the questions, communicating the questions to the candidates, or answering the questions”

Staff and students may copy anything for the purposes of examination. Examinations include any work which counts towards a student’s final grade in a course, including assignments and theses. However note that this exception does not allow the work to subsequently be made publicly available.

Note that Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand have stated the following is to be done to comply with the core purpose (the examination):

• The standards must be included as an appendix to the exam so they can be removed from the wider exam

• Each of the appendices with standards must include the appropriate copyright ownership reference, for example:

Copyright in AS/NZS 1170.0:2002 is owned jointly by Standards Australia and the Crown in right of New Zealand administered by the New Zealand Standards Executive.
or
Copyright in NZS 4230:2004 is owned by the Crown in right of New Zealand and administered by the New Zealand Standards Executive.

• The copies must be destroyed within 1 month of the exam date.

• The copies cannot be used for any other purpose except for the examination for example they cannot be re-used as a ‘class set’