In your day-to-day scientific work, copyright affects you when you publish or share your own work and when you cite or re-use the work of others, including modified or derivative versions. Learn now what you should know for your own publications as well as for the re-use of copyrighted content.
In the new website section "Copyright and CC Licences" and the corresponding Info Sheet, we summarise the most important information for you and provide a guideline on:
- Legal basis - A brief summary of what is copyright
- Exceptions to copyright - Using copyrighted material and how to claim remuneration for your own work
- Copyright Transfer Agreements - Retaining your rights as an author
- Re-using copyrighted work - Avoiding charges and what you should know about your thesis
- CC Licences - Easily make your research more open