Audiovisuals

Holds the audiovisual copyright? Are you allowed to use it? 

• When you find an audiovisual on the internet you have to determine if the content holds copyright. 
• In a copyrighted work, the creator or the publisher has the exclusive right to publish and reproduce an audiovisual or a part of the audiovisual.
• Permission from the creator or publisher (or copyright owner) is required in order to be allowed to reuse the audiovisual.
• If you are not sure if the audiovisual holds copyright, it is advisable to assume that this is the case.

Permission in advance

• The creator or publisher can indicate in advance that you are free to re-use an audiovisual. You have to meet conditions like costs, a time embargo or it can be that you can reuse the audiovisual only in an educational setting.
• Conditions can be set by means of a Creative Commons (CC) license.
• You can ask permission to the creator or publisher (or copyright owner) to reuse the audiovisual, preferably in text.
• You can appeal to the right to quote or to the right of a private copy for study purposes.