2020-04-08
How to use electronic resources in compliance with copyright
During your studies and using electronic resources, you may need to make a copy, reuse material created by other authors, such as book chapters, magazine articles, images, or videos. In most cases, this material will be covered by the Republic of Lithuania Law on Copyright and Related Rights, which prohibits reuse and copying without permission from the copyright owner. To reproduce a copyrighted work, anyone must obtain permission from the copyright owner or inquire about the conditions under which the author has authorized the use of his work: a particular type of license. The copyright symbol consists of a letter “c” in a circle ©. For example, the copyright symbol, followed by the creator name ©, and year when work was first published. Do not assume that material is free to use if there is no copyright statement.
We want to draw attention there are exceptions to copyright law, that allow you to use limited amounts of material for private study. Electronic resources of databases subscribed to by the University may be copied (downloaded, transferred to media, etc.) only for personal learning and study purposes, but in small quantities.
It is possible to find free-to-use content online. Some websites make material available for free-use licenses (such as Creative Commons). Many Open access articles and scholarly publications are publishing under a Creative Commons license. Under this license, you are free to:
You can check which websites use Creative Community Licenses on this Creative Commons website.
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Freely available educational apps and resources - Jisc Store
The worldwide collection of open educational resources - OER Commons
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world.
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We want to draw attention there are exceptions to copyright law, that allow you to use limited amounts of material for private study. Electronic resources of databases subscribed to by the University may be copied (downloaded, transferred to media, etc.) only for personal learning and study purposes, but in small quantities.
- One article from one journal
- 20% of the e-book at one session
- 5% of the total pages of a work
It is possible to find free-to-use content online. Some websites make material available for free-use licenses (such as Creative Commons). Many Open access articles and scholarly publications are publishing under a Creative Commons license. Under this license, you are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
You can check which websites use Creative Community Licenses on this Creative Commons website.
Find free content educational resources
Freely available educational apps and resources - Jisc Store
The worldwide collection of open educational resources - OER Commons
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world.
Do you have any questions?
All the answers to your questions:
E-mail: crypt:aW5mb2tvbnN1bHRhbnRhaUB2Z3R1Lmx0:xx
Sent messages: VGTU library Facebook