Learn what you can do to remove WUR copyrighted educational material from StudeerSnel and other student sharing platforms.

StudeerSnel and Stuvia are popular platforms for students to exchange summaries and study notes. When a student makes a summary, sharing it on the web is lawful and beneficial. However, sharing copyrighted materials such as lecture slides and assignments from WUR courses counts as copyright infringement. You can request StudeerSnel to remove copyright-protected materials.

If you, as a teacher, come across your educational materials on StudeerSnel, you can do the following:

1. When a student has uploaded copyrighted material under their name, ask them personally to remove the document.
2. When the copyrighted material has been uploaded anonymously, you can follow the Take-down procedure of StudeerSnel. Please see the instructions below on how to do this.

How to submit a take-down request at StudeerSnel

1. Go to https://www.studeersnel.nl/nl/support/copyright. This link directs you to the website in Dutch. You can switch to English at the bottom of the page.
2. Choose under "Who is impacted?" For "My Company, organisation, or client".
3. Provide the URL to the material in question on Studeersnel.
4. Under “Takedown reason”, fill in "The copyright rests with the institution and may not be used outside of it".
5. Fill in your WUR contact information. Use for the postal address: Droevendaalsesteeg 4, 6708 PB Wageningen, and also provide your WUR email address.
6. Then, check all boxes before signing the form.

After submitting the form, the material will be removed as quickly as possible, and Studeersnel should make sure it does not get uploaded again.

Recommendations to students

Are you a student and do you use these platforms to share educational material from WUR courses? Make sure to follow copyright law. You are not allowed to share lecture slides, assignments, readers, or any other course material from WUR. You are allowed to share materials you wrote yourself, such as summaries or other notes.

Copyright infringements on other platforms?

Do you see copyright infringements on platforms other than StudeerSnel? Please contact the Copyright Information Point for guidance.

Questions & support

Do you have questions about copyright, or would you like personal support? Feel free to contact us. You can send an email to the Copyright Information Point.