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If you are the author of a work, copyright protects the rights you have over that work. If you are using other people's work, copyright laws, licences and contracts determine how you may or may not use it (for example, how much you can copy, whether you can post it online etc).
Here are some examples where you should consider copyright:
Using text, photos or diagrams in a dissertation.
Posting images on a website or on social media.
Including images in a presentation.
Adding music to a video essay.
Publishing an article or a book.
Showing a film in a lecture.
Signing an agreement with a publisher.
Using someone else's computer code when writing a computer programme.
Making your research open access.
Copying material from an archive.
Reproducing parts of a book in another book.
Sharing your own publications, e.g. on websites and in teaching.
Providing course readings to students.
Linking to a website or YouTube video.
Sharing your research data.
Using GenAI tools.
Giving others permisison to reuse your work.
To learn more about copyright, please visit our Getting Started page.
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