Authorisations given by authors of texts and images

If you are an author of texts or images, you can give your authorisation with a Grant of Rights to Kopiosto. This authorisation applies to the secondary use of printed and online publications, such as the copying, scanning and saving of your texts and images published in newspapers, magazines, books or online.

With a Grant of Rights to Kopiosto, you authorise Kopiosto to grant licences on your behalf for the copying of your works by businesses, educational institutions, public administration and other organisations. With your authorisation, we look after your rights and interests with regard to the copying of your works.

Grants of Rights to Kopiosto are given to Kopiosto member organisations

Each of our member organisations represents a specific group within the creative industry and collects Grants of Rights for author roles corresponding to the authors in their respective fields. You should primarily give a Grant of Rights to the member organisation of which you are a member and which represents professionals in your field. You can give a Grant of Rights even if you are not a member of the organisation. If you create different types of works, you should give a Grant of Rights to several different organisations – but only once for each author position.

A Grants of Rights to Kopiosto is valid until further notice. The agreement will not expire upon termination of your membership in the organisation, for instance. If necessary, you can edit the authorisation, such as by adding or removing an author position, or terminate the Grant of Rights in its entirety.

A Grant of Rights to Kopiosto does not affect your publishing agreements or any associated copyrights, or any agreements you have entered into with your clients or your employer. A Grant of Rights is often given in situations such as when you join an organisation or when you wish to take advantage of the benefits it offers, such as applying for a grant.

You can give authorisation or view your information in our Authorisation Service. Further information is also available on the websites of our member organisations.

A Grants of Rights to Kopiosto is always given for specific categories of rights. The category of rights determines which rights Kopiosto can monitor for you and the types of use of works for which Kopiosto can grant licences on your behalf.

Read more about the categories of rights included in the Grant of Rights to Kopiosto

We have added new categories of rights to the Grant of Rights to Kopiosto in order to look after the rights of authors more broadly.

In June 2025, a category of rights related to the training and development of AI (GR10) was added to the Grant of Rights to Kopiosto.

In 2023, the following categories of rights were added:

• the use of works included in newspaper or magazine publications in online content sharing services (GR8)
• the sharing of works via online content sharing services (GR9).
• Additionally, the category of rights related to the use of works included in the collections of libraries, archives and museums (GR5) was expanded.

Authors must accept the updates made to the categories of rights included in the Grants of Rights of Kopiosto that they have previously given via the Authorisation Service.

Read more about the update to the Grant of Rights to Kopiosto