Copyright handling of teaching content

The use of teaching materials for digital teaching requires careful consideration of copyright law. Lecturers and students rightly ask themselves what is allowed to be used and shared digitally and what is not. To help you answer these and other questions, we would like to provide various sources of information on the topic here.

On the website of the Hamburg State and University Library of the Hamburg State and University Library contains the current copyright regulations.

“Update: Copyright” by Multimedia Kontor Hamburg

In cooperation with ELAV e.V. and the Virtual University of Bavaria (vhb), Multimeda Kontor Hamburg provides the concise and target-oriented „Update: Copyright" including event documentation under this link.Urheberrecht“ (in german).

At the MMKH you will also find support for your questions on copyright, for example in the form of free training courses for members of the Hamburg universities. If necessary, personal advice is also available. More information on this on the website of the MMKH (in german).

Handouts and recommendations

“Copyright in science” - An overview for research, teaching and libraries

This handout, published by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in cooperation with the German Library Association (Deutscher Bibliotheksverband e.V.), provides an initial orientation on copyright in the context of research.

To the handout

Copyright in digital teaching and research (lecture recording)

On Lecture2Go you can find a recorded lecture by Dr. Till Kreutzer on the topic of “Copyright in digital teaching and research according to the new UrhWissG” (as of 2017) from the lecture series “Campus Innovation 2017 / eLearning”.

To the video on Lecture2Go

Basic knowledge on the law for digital teaching in universities (podcast)

The ITM of the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster has compiled basic legal knowledge for digital teaching in universities in an appealing podcast format. In particular, questions regarding copyright and data protection law in online teaching are discussed. In addition, the site is recommended for all legal questions regarding DLL (digitalisation of teaching and learning).

To the podcast

Copyright Practice Guide

You can also find a detailed practical guide on the topic as a PDF file “Legal questions on digitisation in teaching” under the following link on the irights.info website.

To the PDF file

Guide "Legal Issues in Open Science" (2nd edition, ePublication)

If required, you can find more detailed material in the guide “Rechtsfragen bei Open Science” (2nd edition), which is also available as an e-publication from the State and University Library at the following link.

To the SUB offer

HOOU Digital Teaching & Copyright Material

The Hamburg Open Online University (HOOU) provides a clear summary of the topic as well as a lot of further information on its website, which you can find under the following link.

To the HOUU offer

ELAN e.V. - E-Learning Academic Network Lower Saxony

To get started with the topic and to assess your own needs, watch the entertaining explanatory video of ELAN e.V. It also deals with the changes in the law from 01.08.2021:

The corresponding compilation of the association in the form of a clear handout can be found in handout.