Copyright Agreement between an Employee and an Employer

This agreement is made between
 ______________________ (“Employee”), and 
Helsingin yliopisto, [institution and address] (“Employer”).

1. Purpose
The purpose of this Agreement is to agree on copyrights and other rights under the Finnish Copyright Act (404/1961) to materials which the Employee creates during his/her employment. Materials mean any kinds of materials mentioned in the Copyright Act or otherwise under its provisions. This Agreement does not restrict in any way rights the Employer may have according to the Copyright Act regardless of this Agreement. This Agreement is not applied to materials the Employee creates outside employment.
2. Right to Materials
2.1 The Employer has right to use materials or parts of materials mentioned in article 1 to the extent needed in Employer’s normal activities. Right to use covers any kind of present or future way of using the materials, such as but not restricted to storing or saving the materials or parts of the materials to computer or other device, reproducing and making copies of the materials or parts of the materials, performing, communicating or showing the materials or parts of the materials or distributing copies of the materials or parts of the materials as well as making the materials or parts of the materials available in network. The Employer has right to modify and translate the materials or parts of the materials and right to attach and incorporate the materials or parts of the materials to other works and materials. As Employer’s normal activities are considered university’s statutory duties and administration, any co-operation with national or international entities that is connected to the duties or administration, activities of university’s funds as well as any other activity carried out by the university in accordance with legislation. Activities may be commercial / chargeable or non commercial / free of charge.
2.2 The Employer has right to assign and transfer the user rights giving to it under this Agreement to any third party in any connection and for any purpose to the extent this is needed for its normal activities.
2.3 No compensation is paid to the Employee by the Employer for the Employer’s user rights. Neither is the Employee entitled to any compensation if user rights are transferred and assigned to third parties.
2.4 User rights granted to the Employer and third parties according to article 2.1 and 2.2 are permanent and irrevocable.
2.5 The Employer must respect the Employee’s moral rights in accordance with good custom.
2.6 User rights according to this Agreement shall not in any way restrict the Employee’s right to use the materials self. When using his/her own rights, assigning copyrights or giving user rights to the materials the Employee shall have to see to it that rights according to this Agreement are not infringed and that they are incorporated to any agreement.
2.7 In case the Employee modifies, updates, develops or otherwise makes changes to the materials during his/her employment the Employer has user rights also to such changed materials in accordance with this Agreement.
3. Employee’s Obligations
If the Employee wishes to use materials made by third parties the Employee must acquire permission to use such materials from these third parties. Materials which contain rights of third parties may be used and included in the Employee’s materials only if the Employer has given a written consent in advance.
4. Applicable Law and Disputes
4.1 This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of Finland.
4.2 Any dispute shall be first decided by mutual negotiations. In case the parties are not able to decide the dispute in mutual negotiations the dispute shall be decided in the district court of Helsinki.
5. Coming into force and Counterparts
This Agreement comes into force when both parties have signed it. It has effect retroactively if needed from the first day of employment. 
This Agreement is made in two counterparts, one for each party.

Employee						Helsingin yliopisto
Place and Date:					Place and Date:
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Signature						Signatures
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