The Copyright Entry tool is used to create and maintain Copyrights which can be added to Attachments, Items and Exams. Copyrights are used to track licensed material. When the copyright expires the user can find all Attachments, Items and Exams that are affected.

Authorised users may create, modify or expire Copyright records. Note: you may not expire a Copyright if it is in use (linked to an Item).

Author Entry is reached from the Main Menu, Item Writing → Copyright Entry

This takes the user to the Copyright Entry grid. For more on grid navigation, click here.

The Copyright Entry grid has special filter controls in the title bar.

• Include Expired Records by default is unchecked. This means Copyright records that have an Expiry Date prior to today are not displayed. When checked, all Copyright records (including expired) are displayed. Effective and Expiry Dates

The Copyright grid has bulk actions. Bulk Actions refer to actions taken against a single or multiple selected records. To learn more about selecting records click here. If no records are selected when performing a bulk action, a warning message is displayed.

• Update will apply the specified field changes to all selected records. See Bulk Update.
• Expire will expire the selected records.
• Copy will copy the selected record to another Bank. Note: Bulk Copy of Copyrights is not available on Banks with 1 depth level. See Banks and Bank Level and Bank Copy

Right-clicking on a row in the Copyright grid will open a context menu.

Navigates to Copyright Edit General page where the user can maintain general information for the Copyright record.

Navigates to Copyright Edit Notes and Custom page where the user can maintain notes and custom information for the Copyright record.

Navigates to the Audit grid for the selected record.

Navigates to the Usage grid for the selected record.