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Since 1 March 2018, new provisions in the German Copyright Act (UrhG) have been in effect. When you make documents available on the learning platforms, you are prompted to select a licence variant. There are five licence variants available, which are explained below. Please indicate the corresponding license variant for each document or medium provided.
For detailed information, please send an e-mail to urheberrecht@uni-passau.de.
You can set the licence status of your files in the ‘metadata’ tab for each ILIAS object.
Outline: Copyright License
Examples of works commonly created by academic staff:
- bibliographies, seminar schedules
- computer programs
- course readers
- exercises and solutions
- presentation slides, including with text and image sourced (quoted) from external sources (please always observe the provisions of § 51 UrhG on quotations
You may include material taken from external sources in your works; however, two conditions must be met: The quoted material must be properly referenced (i.e. you must cite the source and author) and must be an integral part of the discourse – scientific or otherwise – of your work.
You can find further information about this topic on the University website: www.uni-passau.de/en/copyright/.
Typical examples include:
- open access publications
- open educational resources (OER)
- works under a Creative Commons licence (e.g. Wikipedia content)
Typical examples include:
- colleagues’ or students’ permission to pass on notes, seminar papers and presentation slides
- copyright permission from a publisher to use part of a work for teaching purposes
- copyright permission from the publisher of your own work for teaching purposes
- a purchased licence for distribution in taught courses (important: a single purchased copy is insufficient)
- Make sure you have all permissions or licence in writing. E-mail communication is sufficient.
- Campus licences or national licences do not allow you to re-upload works, which would make you a distributor. Instead of uploading the works directly, you should set hyperlinks to the relevant resource of your library or other organisational unit that has secured the licence. Please contact the University Library for detailed questions about the licence conditions.
- the works are made available only to a closed group: i.e. the file can only be downloaded by registered participants in the course
- the work serves as an illustration in the context of the course
A work is usually regarded as being out of commerce (aka ‘out of print’) if it cannot be obtained legally from bookshops or publishers.
Background information: provision takes place under the exceptions to the (new) § 60 a UrhG. With regard to the necessary compensation, negotiations are currently underway with the collecting agency VG Wort.
You can find further information about this topic on the University website: www.uni-passau.de/en/copyright/.
Published texts for which no licence has been purchased and for which no separate permission is available may be made accessible to course participants under the restrictions of § 60 a UrhG.
For instruction and teaching, a maximum of 15 per cent of a published work may be made accessible and disseminated.
Background information: provision takes place under the exceptions to the (new) § 60 a UrhG. With regard to the necessary compensation, negotiations are currently underway with the collecting agency VG Wort.
You can find further information about this topic on the University website: www.uni-passau.de/en/copyright/.
Please indicate the licence under which the uploaded material made available, or the basis on which you are making it accessible. If this information is omitted, an ‘unknown licence status’ will be indicated when you attempt to download the material.
As the uploader, you are responsible for ensuring that you have licence or permission to distribute the uploaded material and will be held liable if a rights holder successfully sues for damages.
You can find further information about this topic on the University website: www.uni-passau.de/en/copyright/.