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FAQs on copyright
FAQs provide answers to frequently asked questions. This is where EUWID gives practice-oriented answers on copyright issues, taking the legal position into consideration. If you have any further queries, please contact us free of charge on our hotline: 0800 3894333 (national calls only) or by email: Kundenservice(at)euwid.de
Questions on copyright
General
1. What is protected by copyright?
The individual articles, tables, and other content in EUWID publications and EUWID online services are protected by copyright and intended for the sole use of the client and his employees, where applicable. All rights are reserved.
Copyright protection applies worldwide. Infringement of the provisions of copyright regulations constitutes a breach of law entailing civil or criminal prosecution.
2. Does copyright protection only apply to contents when a copyright sign (©) is shown?
No. German law states that copyright protection arises automatically when the work is created. The copyright sign is used occasionally just as a reference but does not in itself result in or provide copyright protection for the work.
3. Does copyright protection also apply for the presentation of work in the Internet?
Yes, because the medium is of no relevance in copyright matters.
EUWID price tables
4. Are price tables from EUWID printed issues permitted to be scanned and distributed in digital form?
Digital distribution of EUWID price tables by intranet or by email within a company, throughout a group of companies, or outside a company is not permitted and constitutes an infringement of copyright law.
5. Are price tables permitted to be printed from the Premium section and passed on elsewhere within a company?
The regular and systematic circulation of price tables from the EUWID Premium section is not permitted. Only one copy is permitted to be printed out for the purpose of circulation within the company.
6. Are price tables from the Premium section permitted to be downloaded in digital form and circulated?
Digital distribution of EUWID price tables by intranet or by email within a company, throughout a group of companies, to customers, or to independent sales representatives is not permitted and constitutes an infringement of copyright law.
EUWID printed publications
7. Are whole EUWID printed issues permitted to be scanned and circulated in digital form?
Digital distribution of EUWID publications by intranet or by email within a company, throughout a group of companies, or outside a company is not permitted and constitutes an infringement of copyright law.
EUWID e-version
8. Are whole issues of the EUWID e-version permitted to be printed out and circulated within a company?
The regular and systematic circulation of whole issues or parts thereof is not permitted. Only one copy is permitted to be printed out for the purpose of circulation within the company.
Press review
9. Are contents from EUWID publications permitted to be incorporated into a company's own press review?
"Press reviews" are not permitted to be produced in companies or groups of companies in a manner in which the company or group of companies concerned compiles interesting contents from various EUWID publications to form a "press review" of its/their own which is then distributed throughout the company/group of companies to affiliated firms and subsidiaries by intranet. Press reviews of this kind are not permitted to be made available for downloading from websites either.
The use of articles, particularly articles in which coverage is given of the company concerned, or quotes from our articles and publications is permitted. Such use is subject to restrictions, however. Please contact out Customer Service department if the use of several articles is required. We will be glad to give you advice!
