Copyright
Copyright

Avoid copyright problems with "proxy link" of an article

By sharing books and articles with students via a proxy link, you can be sure that you are not violating any copyrights: it allows students to view publications even from a workplace off campus by logging in with their S number. Place the proxy link before the link to the article or book.

Creating a proxy link

Creating a proxy link from the link of e.g. an article is easy: place https://ru.idm.oclc.org/login?Url= before the link to the article. In case of this copy: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-022-01424-w the proxy link thus becomes: https://ru.idm.oclc.org/login?Url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-022-01424-w 

Referring to mandatory study literature as e-books

More and more mandatory study literature is also available as e-books. All these e-books are listed in this LibGuide. The proxy link you should use for the book is already listed.

Copyright agreement

Dutch universities have an arrangement with Foundation UvO (Stichting Uitgeversorganisatie voor Onderwijslicenties), the copyright organisation of and for publishers. As a result, teachers do not have to ask permission for every single article or chapter they want to share. However, this cannot be unlimited. Violating the limits raises costs for all universities.

A brief summary of the agreement can be found in the PDF below. Or come to our coffee lecture (15 minutes) on Tuesday 13 February.

Reuse of publications

Contact information

Do you have questions about copyright? Contact the Copyright Information Point at the Information and Library Services (ILS): copyright [at] ubn.ru.nl (copyright[at]ubn[dot]ru[dot]nl). Of course, you can also visit the Library of Science. We are happy to help.

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Library of Science