Plagiarism

Plagiarism describes the ‘unauthorised adoption of third-party spiritual products; the theft of intellectual property’ (Fröhlich Gerhard, Wie rein ist die Wissenschaft? – Fälschung und Plagiat im rauen Wissenschaftsalltag, in Etzlstofer Hannes/Katzinger...

The right of quotation is a mandatory law

The right of quotation pursuant to Art. 25 CopA is a mandatory law (statutory licence). It cannot be excluded by a contract. However, there are problems in this respect in relation to works which are only offered in digital form, to which the users of the work only...

Obligation to quote, not only pursuant to the law

In the case of paraphrasing but also in the case of quotes from works that are no longer protected, it is considered good scientific practice to identify the paraphrasing or quotation and specify the source – in particular in teaching and research – otherwise, this is...

5.3.2-1 May a library (‘owning library’) copy a book from its collection or a DVD from another library (‘borrowing library’) based on Art. 24 para. 1bis CopA so that it can include the book or the DVD in its collection to allow it to be borrowed?

No, the institution may only make archive and backup copies pursuant to Art. 24 para. 1bis CopA from its own collection. However: The borrowing library can request a copy of a book or a DVD from the owning library based on Art. 19 para. 1(c) in conjunction with...