As a researcher, you use material from others during your research: articles from journals, chapters from books, datasets, photos, videos, images, and other materials. Copyright determines the conditions under which you may use copyrighted work belonging to others.
At the same time, as a researcher, you create works yourself that may be subject to copyright. Copyright then determines which rights you have as the creator and how others may use your work.
Copyright on your work
As a researcher, you create works through which you make your research accessible to the outside world, such as articles in academic journals or academic monographs. If you create such a copyrighted work yourself, you are, in principle, the creator and copyright holder.
As the copyright holder, you determine in principle whether and how others may use your work. Copyright can be transferred, or you can grant someone permission to use your work in a specific way through a license.
In some situations, specific agreements can be made regarding this, for example, within the framework of a research project or collaboration. Therefore, always check which provisions regarding this are included in the agreement that applies to you.
Publishers often require you, as a researcher, to transfer the copyright to your work, but you must handle this with caution, also taking the Open Access Regulation into account.
Open Access Regulation
The Open Access Regulation is important for researchers at EUR. Based on this regulation, short scholarly works which are not published Open Access through a publisher, are made available in EUR & Erasmus MC Research Information Portal, the institutional repository after 6 months.
Using the work of others
In principle, you need permission from the copyright holder to use copyrighted work by others, unless use is permitted by law or a license. An important legal exception is, for example, the right to quote.
Want to know more about quoting, using images, citing sources, or other forms of use? View the frequently asked questions about the use of copyrighted material.
Contact
Copyright Information Point
University Library
- Email address
- copyright@eur.nl
For questions, contact the Copyright Information Point Team via email. A team member will respond to your email as soon as possible. See also our FAQ about copyright.