Store Copyrighted Documents

mautin

I would like to know whether it is a copyright violation to store copyrighted documents with ZOTERO that are in the public domain in the Internet and link to them from a citation or bibliography entry? This would be desirable in order to ensure that the document will continue to be available even if its source is not available anymore.

adamsmith

you can't link to documents stored in Zotero -- access to file attachments online is only available in closed groups.

Storing items that you have accessed legitimately in Zotero is no copyright violation. Making them available to people who don't otherwise have access to them via a private group may be a violation of the terms by which you did access them, though (albeit one that's unlikely to cause you any problems).

zuphilip

There are also different exception in copyright laws that are allowing in some circumstances sharing material with someone (e.g. research, education, fair use). However, the details are depending on the laws of the country you are living in and are normally very complicated to understand completely.