Intellectual Property Policy

Science Communications Worldwide e.V. (Science Communications Worldwide - Verein zur weltweiten Verbreitung wissenschaftlicher Kommunikation)Last updated: January 30, 2026

Ownership

Unless stated otherwise, content available on world-wide.org is owned by the respective rights holders (for example, speakers, authors, institutions, or publishers). Our role is to host, index, and present content to support scientific communication.

"World Wide" and related branding are protected. You may not use our trademarks in a way that implies endorsement without prior written permission.

Permitted use

  • Linking to public pages on world-wide.org.
  • Quoting reasonable excerpts for commentary, criticism, teaching, or scholarship with proper attribution.
  • Using metadata (titles, speakers, abstracts) where permitted for discovery and citation.

Prohibited use

  • Reproducing, distributing, or publicly performing content without rights-holder permission where required.
  • Removing attribution or rights notices.
  • Automated extraction at scale that violates our rate limits or disrupts the Service.

Submissions

If you submit content, you retain your rights. You grant us a non-exclusive permission to host, reproduce, and display the content as needed to operate world-wide.org and its discovery interfaces.

Infringement notices

To report suspected infringement, email info@world-wide.org with the URL(s) and a description of the claim.

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