Copyright also comprise documents which are published on the Internet. This means that the copyright limits the rights for how you can use documents on the Internet, even if you have access to them from your computer.
Copyright and the Internet
When a computer user copies and permanently stores a work protected by copyright this means that it is a production of a copy. To multiply documents on the Internet therefore requires the permission of the copyright owner. The automatic, temporary copy that many computer programs produce when the computer user reads a document on the internet is not considered to be a reproduction however.
An Internet user has the right to make a copy of an Internet document without the permission of the copyright owner, on condition that the copy is for personal use or a small circle of family and friends. The copy must not be used for other purposes. This exception does not concern computer programs. They must not be copied.
The right to quote means it is permitted to cite from a copyright protected document on the Internet, under the presupposition that it is done according to good practice and only to the extent that is motivated by the purpose. The source must be stated correctly and the quote must not be too long. However, you must not use e.g. a quote from a work of fiction in an advertisement or to sweeten your own work.
Copyright and full text resources
Copyright also comprises those resources available in full text from the Library web site. The regulations that apply to those resources Blekinge Institute of Technology subscribes to are specified in special license agreements.
Generally speaking, these rules can be summarized according to the following:
“This service includes licensed data only intended for use in scientific work, research, education and for personal use. To alter, make compilations, copy system- or software, resell, redistribute, publish or republish data is not permitted.”
For further information about copyright see:
Section Research – part Copyright in the Search guide
Anne-Marie Pettersson
2005-06-20
