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	Home . Content Library . FAQs . Showing films - Can I screen a film at a social club function? Showing films - Can I screen a film at a social club function? The copyright owner generally has an exclusive right to show a film in public. If you screen a film for people outside a private or domestic sphere, you need permission from the copyright owner because the screening will be “in public” for copyright purposes. < back to previous page

Internet - Can I print or download material from the Internet?

Copying - Can I use someone else’s work in my work if I alter at least 10% of it?

Proving infringement - How can I prove that someone has copied my work?

Copying - Has a painter infringed copyright in my photograph by reproducing it as a painting?

Translation - Can I translate a book into another language without permission?

Websites - Can I put copyright material on a website without the copyright owner’s permission?

Copying - I’ve bought a CD and my friend wants to burn a copy. Is this allowed?

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