Impact on ownership when choosing an NC or ND Creative Commons Licence Did you know you may be giving away some of your author rights to the publisher when you choose an open access licence which prohibits commercial reuse or production of derivatives (i.e. by applying a CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND or CC BY-NC-ND licence)? Heleen Palmen and Erna Sattler • October 08, 2025
The CDS Summer Training Week 2025: looking back and useful materials going forward From 23 to 27 June, the third CDS Summer Training Week brought together over 70 participants for a series of workshops, lectures, and interactive sessions. Pascal Flohr and Peter Verhaar • August 11, 2025
The new Leiden University Employer Copyright Regulations offer clarification on Leiden’s policy on copyright On the 10th of February 2025, the Leiden University Employer Copyright Regulations were published. What does this mean for the academic community of Leiden University? And why was it deemed necessary in the first place? Erna Sattler • February 12, 2025
The Year 2023@CDS In this post we look back at some of the milestones and achievements made by the Centre for Digital Scholarship in 2023 Alenka Prinčič • February 12, 2024
Use the Rights Retention Strategy: Publish with a publisher while retaining sufficient rights for full open access In this blogpost, we explain how you can publish scholarship with a publisher and yet retain sufficient rights to the publication in order to make it available in immediate open access, regardless of the distribution model of the publisher. Saskia Woutersen Windhouwer • December 09, 2022
Copyright and the European Commission Policy for Research An overview of recent studies, policy, and legislation surrounding copyright and research. Erna Sattler • November 17, 2022
Tip 3: Use your right to share all your peer reviewed articles after six months ‘Taverne Amendment’: Article 25fa of the Dutch Copyright Act allows academics employed by a Dutch University to share short scientific works Saskia Woutersen Windhouwer • October 20, 2020
Applying copyright in times of online teaching Due to the coronavirus situation several measures have been taken. We are all working from home as much as possible. Teaching staff are busy to facilitate online classes and other digital learning materials for their students. How can teachers best apply copyright under the changed circumstances? Erna Sattler • March 20, 2020
