Assignment and licence
What are exploitation rights?
This is the exclusive right of the creator of a work of literature, science or art to publicly disclose and reproduce the work. Disclosure includes broadcasting a programme, performing a...
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A copyright holder can grant a licence to publish to permit a certain person to exploit their work in a certain way.For example, the author of a book can grant...
Read articleWhat does the Taverne amendment entail?
Both houses of the Dutch parliament adopted the Taverne amendment in 2015. The amendment was included as Article 25fa of the Dutch Copyright Act: an author of a short scientific...
Read articleWhat is Sherpa Romeo?
Sherpa Romeo is the main source of information for the open access policy of scientific publishers. Romeo stands for RightsMEtadata for Open archiving. The database gives a uniform and clear...
Read articleWhat does OA mean?
According to the Budapest Open Access Initiative, an article offers open access if it is freely available to be read, downloaded, copied, distributed, printed or searched. It means the author...
Read articleWhat does CC mean?
Creative Commons (CC) is an organisation that has developed a number of copyright licences. They allow a creator to give others advance permission to reuse their work free of charge....
Read articleWhat are Open Educational Resources (OER)?
Educational resources are any tools used in a formal teaching situation to share knowledge and skills with a pupil or student. These tools can be text, images or video, but...
Read articleWhat is 'Beeld & Geluid op School'
'Beeld & Geluid op School' gives higher education in the Netherlands online access to almost 90,000 audiovisual resources. The selection comes from the archives of the Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld...
Read articleCan I record or download a film that has been broadcast on television or is available online?
Both recording and downloading are regarded as reproduction. This requires the creator's permission and you have to pay them a fee. There are a number of exceptions, depending on the...
Read articleWhat Creative Commons licences are there?
Visit the Creative Commons website for an explanation of the various licences.
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