QPD module: A four-hour English-language workshop on copyright in science will take place in the last quarter of 2025. It will cover the basics of (German) copyright law, how to deal with third-party and own content and current topics such as AI and research data. The aim is to break down legal barriers and provide practical guidance for research and teaching.
Date: 02.12.2025
Duration: Four hours, 9am-1pm
Course language: English
Subject of the course: Basically German law, but much of the law is influenced by European law or international law, i.e. the main features are also applicable to many other countries. However, the focus is on German law.
Goals:
- Participants should lose their fear of contact with the topic of copyright and “myths” surrounding this subject area should be dispelled.
- After the workshop, participants should have a basic understanding of what content they can and cannot use without problems
- Participants will also be taught how they can protect their own works and what rights they hold to them.
Themes:
Basics of copyright law
- What is copyright and why is it important?
- What is protected by copyright?
- What are the limits of copyright?
Copyright in research and teaching
- Protecting third-party content in research and teaching
- Protect your own copyrights
- Copyright law in practice:
– What are collecting societies?
– What rights does the university have to my work?
Copyright and artificial intelligence
- AI training with copyright-protected data
- Protection against text and data mining
- Access to research data
Previous experience is not required.
Preparation: I will probably provide a few materials for preparation, but the total preparation time will not exceed 30 minutes.