As a student, teacher or researcher you have to know how to use and reuse materials produced by others as well as what rights you have to the materials you produce yourself. Swedish Copyright Act (SFS 1960:729) protects texts, images, photographs, and computer programs, among other things. To be protected, a work needs to be an original expression. Copyright protection is automatic once the work is made public and it usually lasts the lifetime of the creator plus an additional 70 years. Swedish Copyright law is comprised of two exclusive rights: the intellectual (moral) right which means that the creator has the right to be acknowledged when their work is used and the economic right which can be contractually transferred to, for instance a publishing house.
The right to quote others is an exemption in Swedish Copyright law and you are allowed to do so as long as you include a proper reference and avoid plagiarism. Right to quote does not include images and illustrations as they are considered to be independent works.
For more information see links below:
Below you will find a template that you may use when you ask for permission. We recommend to send the request as a formal e-mail from your Chalmers account. Remember to include how and where your work is going to be published.
NOTE!
Access to the databases does not grant permission to use the images freely.
You still need to check copyright and seek permission if required.