Copyright of microscopy data acquired by myself The question is the following: What is the copyright of imaging data (microscopy) I acquired during working in a research laboratory? Can I use this on my homepage / personal website?
I took the images with a microscope on my own. So is this my data?
Copyright law varies over the world, but in many places data itself can't be copyrighted, but interpretations of it can be.
From the Wikipedia article: &quot;Copyright may apply to a wide range of creative, intellectual, or artistic forms, or &quot;works&quot;.&quot;
Your best action is to contact the source and ask them. It may be that what you have is &quot;data&quot; or it may be something else to which copyright does apply.
And copyright doesn't necessarily mean &quot;no use whatever&quot;. There are permitted actions also.