{"id":5650,"date":"2022-10-18T12:15:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T12:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/tiedonhaku-kirjasto\/?page_id=5650"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T08:46:54","slug":"copyright","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/tiedonhaku-kirjasto\/copyright\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Copyright"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Copyright refers to the author&#8217;s right to decide how their work is used, i.e., others do not have the right to use the work without the author&#8217;s permission. However, there are legal exceptions to this, such as copying for private use and quoting.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copyright Act (404\/1961) and the Copyright Decree (574\/1995) regulate the use of publications. Electronic materials are also protected by the Act. The use of licensed e-materials acquired by the library is permitted for non-commercial academic purposes, such as teaching, research and studying.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a library user, you are free to make copies of the book you have borrowed for personal use. Likewise, you may save and print e-articles supplied by the library in reasonable quantities for your own study or research purposes.\u202f You may also save or print individual chapters of e-books. Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/library\/using-e-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the rights of use for e-resources<\/a> on the website of UEF Library.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Finnish Copyright Act also permits quotation: \u201cA work made public may be quoted, in accordance with proper usage to the extent necessary for the\u00a0purpose.\u201d (Copyright Act, Section 22). \u201cIn accordance with proper usage\u201d means that the quotation must have a relevant connection to the work in which the quotation is used, and the source must always be acknowledged.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you copy text written by someone else in your own work without providing an appropriate reference, you are committing plagiarism. The next chapter discusses this in more detail.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further reading on copyright, see <a href=\"https:\/\/okm.fi\/en\/copyright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Copyright in Finland page of the Ministry of Education and Culture<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/korkeakoulu.kopiraittila.fi\/en\/etusivu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Kopiraittila<\/a> (available only in Finnish and Swedish), a guide to copyright produced by Kopiosto ry.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"links-block\">\n\n            <h3>Next<\/h3>\n    \n    <ul class=\"link-list\">\n        \n            \n            <li class=\"link-list-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/tiedonhaku-kirjasto\/academic-referencing\/?lang=en\" class=\"link-reset link hover-scale-down\">\n                    <svg\n        width=\"43\" height=\"25\"\n        viewBox=\"0 0 43 25\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n    <path\n        d=\"M30.027 0 43 12.5 30.027 25 27 22.083 34.351 15H0v-5h34.351L27 2.917z\"\n        fill=\"currentColor\"\n        fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg>                    <div>Academic Referencing<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                <div class=\"link-info\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n\n                <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copyright refers to the author&#8217;s right to decide how their work is used, i.e., others do not have the right to use the work without the author&#8217;s permission. 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