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Article 13 of the Copyright Act specifies that a reproduction also includes any complete or partial adaptation or imitation in a modified form, as a […]

A “cease and desist” letter is a letter in which a party is asked to discontinue a particular act. Often the party concerned is asked […]

In technical terms, a computer program is a collection of instructions that can be executed by a computer. Computer programs are written in a specific […]

Copyright rules are laid down in the Copyright Act. Copyright was created to provide the creator of a work with legal protection for the integrity […]

Copyright is the English name for the Dutch auteursrecht. Moreover, copyright © is also often used to indicate the reservation of copyrights on, for example, […]

The Copyright Act (Aw) is the law that regulates copyright in the Netherlands. In addition to copyright, the Copyright Act also regulates neighbouring rights, portrait […]

The Copyright Contract Law Act entered into force on 1 July 2015. Copyright contract law is elaborated in Chapter IA of the Copyright Act and […]

The copyright notice (©) accompanying a work (for example at the bottom of a website) is often regarded as a requirement for having copyrights to […]

The copyright maker is the creative creator of a work. The “creative creator” means that it is not the person who technically made the work, […]

In the event of copyright infringement, the infringer can be held liable to pay damages. The rules to claim liability of the infringer, and the […]

The literal translation from Latin of the word data is “that is given”. In ICT, data means “computer data”. Data and Ownership By law, it […]

A database is protected under copyright if creative choices have been made with regard to the database. Some databases are not creative and are therefore […]

Duplicating a work means taking over or copying work. Editing a work that does not create a new original work can also be seen as […]

Articles 16b and 16c of the Copyright Act stipulate that a few copies of a work may be made for your own use, study or […]

Under the right to quote, a relevant part of someone else’s work may be reproduced, provided certain conditions are met. This applies not only to […]

Intellectual property is a collective name for various rights to things that people invent or create. Intellectual property can rest on anything. Examples include texts, […]

“Neighbouring rights” are rights related to copyright. Neighbouring rights are regulated in the Neighboring Rights Act (Wet op de Naburige Rechten – WNR). Copyright protects […]

Open-source software is software whose source code is freely accessible. The software may be freely distributed and anyone may improve or optimize the software. Licenses […]

Copyright gives the creator of a work the right to act against any unauthorized reproduction or publication of his work. Even if the creator has […]

Plagiarism is copying (parts of) someone else’s work without referring to the source. The core of plagiarism is that the plagiarist pretends that it is […]

In some cases, persons depicted in a photo can invoke portrait rights. The consequence of invoking this right is in some cases that the photo […]

When the copyright protection of a certain work has expired, this work will become public domain. If a work has entered the public domain, it […]

In short, reproduction is a copy of a work. An adaptation that does not create a new original work can also be seen as a […]

Making a reproduction is a form of copying in the sense of the Copyright Act. In particular, reproduction means making an exact copy.

Under Article 15a of the Copyright Act, citing work is not considered copyright infringement, provided certain conditions are met. Conditions First of all, the work […]