In everyone's mind, copyright broadly refers to the legal right of an owner of intellectual property, but the principles are not always limpid. Copyrights are however present at every stage of scientific research and we face their implications daily, sometime without knowing it. 

In these two slide decks, Martine Roth (Principal Trademark Attorney & Copyright at Novartis Pharma AG) briefly presents the basic of copyrights and introduces "Creative Commons", a nonprofit organization enabling the sharing and use of creative works through free legal tools.

The below document aims at clarifying the specific questions related to the EFMC productions and will provide guidelines for those who will create future works for the EFMC.