Is a licence always needed?
If the copyright of a work has expired, it can be used freely. Copyright remains valid for 70 years from the end of the year of the author’s death.
A licence is not required if only the cover of the book is only shown in book tip.
If the illustration of a book is used in a video, its use in the video requires permission from the copyright holder. You can easily obtain this illustration licence from Kopiosto. Kopiosto’s license covers both domestic and foreign illustrators.
If you are unsure of whether you need permission to use the cover art or illustrations of a book, you can contact Kopiosto.
- use the illustrations in the book as part of a reading session, book tip, author interview or similar video recording and
- publish the video as a recording or live stream on the Kirjastokaista.fi service or the library’s own publication channel, such as the library’s Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram or Facebook channel. The video recording may also be embedded on the library’s own website.
The licence covers a single video recording or live stream with a maximum duration of 30 minutes.
Illustrations from a maximum of three different publications may be shown with a single licence. The Kopiosto licence does not allow the illustration to be modified, and the illustration may not be digitised into an animation or similar digital book.
In order to read and record the text of a written work or parts of it on video, the library needs a separate permission from the author or copyright holder of the text. For more information, please refer to Sanasto.
You can acquire a licence to use the illustrations of books from Kopiosto’s customer service unit.
A separate licence must be obtained for each video recording or live stream prior to the release of the recording or live stream. The licence covers a single video recording or live stream with a maximum duration of 30 minutes. A single licence allows the showing of illustrations from up to three different publications on the video recording or live stream. The library can acquire multiple licences for the same recording if it wants to use illustrations from more than three publications.
The licence can be acquired for the desired number of months. Upon the expiration of the licence, the video recordings must be made unavailable to the public.
The library must give Kopiosto the following information about the illustrations used on the video recording in connection with the acquisition of the licence:
- name and ISBN of the written publication(s) used in the video recording,
- the details of the illustrator(s), and
- the publication channel(s) of the video recording.
Kopiosto will distribute the remunerations to the authors of the illustrations.
Video recording
| Video recording available to the public for up to 3 months | Video recording available to the public for over 3 months | Video recording available to the public for 12 months | |
| Usage fee per video recording | €30 + VAT | €30 + €10/month + VAT | €90 + VAT |
The licence can be acquired for the desired number of months up to 12 months.
Live stream with no recording available to the public afterwards
| One-time licence | Location-specific annual licence | |
| Illustration licence – live stream | €30 + VAT | €350 + VAT |
The live stream licence is location-specific. If the library wants to leave a live stream with book illustrations available to the public afterwards as a recording, it must purchase a separate licence for the video recording.