Copyright for teachers - Kunnskapsbasen
Copyright for teachers
As a teacher, what are you allowed to present as part of your courses, and what are you not allowed to do? The NTNU University Library provides guidelines and information about what you need to keep in mind. On this page, you can read about how teachers must relate to copyright protection on the works of others.
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Teaching programmes and materials
Your own material
Coursepacks (compendia)
NTNU's policy is that compendiums must be offered to students in digital form. Compendiums subject to clearance are defined here as at least one book chapter for students within the same course and semester. NTNU University Library is responsible for the production of digital compendiums as well as registration and clearance of the compendium's content in Bolk, in accordance with the Kopinor agreement.
The compendium files are processed so that they are universally designed, and are made available free of charge to students on the course.
Read more about producing and ordering digital compendiums.
Blackboard (e-learning platform)
- Articles from e-journals to which the library subscribes can be linked via Blackboard
- Articles from printed articles must be scanned and uploaded to Blackboard.
Lectures
If you use someone else’s material (images and/or other material), you must have permission from the copyright holder before you post it on the Internet. The author must also be named.
You can quote from the work - see Section 22 of the Copyright Act: «Det er tillatt å sitere fra et offentliggjort verk i samsvar med god skikk og i den utstrekning formålet betinger.»
Recordings of lectures
If students are included in the recording, you must obtain consent from them in terms of the regulations for privacy protection.
Using visual art - BONO
BONO and the Norwegian Council for Higher Education (UHR) have negotiated an agreement that creates a foundation for digital use of images in teaching.
Using of film and radio and television programmes - NORWACO
NTNU has made an agreement with NOWACO about use of feature and radio and television programmes in lectures.
Kopinor
Kopinor enters into agreements regarding copying and other use of intellectual property on behalf of authors and publishers. Through the Kopinor agreement with NTNU, employees can take photocopies, prints and digital copies. It is not necessary to track down copyright holders and obtain permission from each of them.
The agreement on copying is for internal use and within specified limits. Information about these is included in the agreement. Digital copies cannot be made available on open websites, but can be posted on internal web pages, for example for the students in the learning management system (LMS).
The agreement provides the right to copying from all published material, from Norway and abroad, such as books, journals, periodicals, and newspapers, as well as content from the Internet. The agreement does not cover copying of audio and video, computer software and computer games, or originals of visual arts, photography, etc.
Contact
- Do you have questions about copyright? Contact NTNU University Library in NTNU Hjelp
- Contact your local NTNU library- if you have other questions
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See also
Summary of the content of the Kopinor Agreement in Norwegian (and in English)
NORWACO - info page in English