Open Access publishing and copyright

The copyright to a literary work belongs to the author(s), unless they choose to transfer rights to others, such a publisher.

As a DTU author, you are advised to avoid the transfer of all rights to the publisher, but rather to license the limited set of rights needed to enable publication in the particular journal.

As a minimum, you should retain the right to make the publication available via the university’s institutional repository, DTU Orbit.

If you publish in Open Access journals or if you are otherwise able to define the license of your publication, you are advised to use a globally recognized and understood Creative Commons license, such as CC-BY.
Learn more about Creative Commons license
 

If you are an employee, you should remember that DTU automatically acquires all rights to software developed by you in connection with your tasks at DTU (it does not matter whether the software has been written within normal working hours or in your leisure time). If you are a student, you own your software.
Read more at DTU Inside

Negotiation

Please note that you often have the opportunity to negotiate with the publisher about what rights you give up and retain - before you enter into an agreement with a publisher for the publication of your article. 

Questions

If you have questions about rights in connection with the publication of your research, Open Access or not, you are welcome to contact us via the e-mail ophavsret@dtu.dk. Here, both lawyers and information specialists are ready to answer your questions.