(Please note, some of the links below refer to Swedish pages)

Information about copyright on material in the library network

Use of most e-journals, e-books and databases is governed by agreements. The agreements control the rights you have as a user; what you may and may not do with the material depends in other words on each publishing house and distributor.

It is generally permitted to:

• print out single parts/articles
• privately or for educational/research purposes use the material
• download articles for private use or forward to colleagues within the same university/college
• link to specific content
• upload articles (pdf) to electronic coursepacks in systems which require login by the students (e.g. Cambro).

It is NOT permitted to:

• change or plagiarize works by other people
• use the agreements commercially
• systematically or completely copy, print out or download e.g. a full journal volume or a complete book
• forward data or articles to web sites or list servers

When linking to articles from other web pages, please note that:

If you retrieve the link to the article via The journal list or SFX you get a link containing proxy, e.g.
http://proxy.ub.umu.se/login?url=http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0953-8984/19/42/425201/cm7_42_425201.pdf

The proxy link has the advantage of automatically providing the CAS login window, for students/researchers off-campus, when clicking on the link.

If you retrieve the link in some other way, e.g. via Google
http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0953-8984/19/42/425201/cm7_42_425201.pdf you will not be able to access it off-campus unless you log in via the CAS or Umdac proxy.

Resources without specific agreements:
For techers there is av general agreement between the Swedish universities and Bonus Presskopia.
Bonus PresskopiaFor students the copyright law applies:

The only copying or "downloading" of newspaper and journal articles you may do, is single copies for private use. All other copying requires permission from the copyright holder. Systematic dowloading is not permitted. Material you print out, copy or download may only be used for private, non-commercial study or research purposes. This implies a temporary download of a single document to the user's hard drive. Such a document may be printed out but not forwarded electronically to someone else.

The law covers all types of resources provided within the library network. Please note that you are obliged to read the copyright information certain database distributors have noted, which will show up when you log in to the database.

Copyright is stipulated in the copyright law on literary and artistic works (SFS 1960:729). The law contains certain restrictions in copyright, e.g. creating single copies of protected works for private or educational purposes. KB:s informationsbroschyr om upphovsrätt

The new copyright law is in force as of July 1, 2005. The law enhances the copyright of e.g. complete works and programs/music files. Through the new law it is explicitly prohibited to upload copyrighted material on the Internet without permission, as well as copying such material for private use. Regeringens sida om upphovsrätt