La revista Medicina y Seguridad en el Trabajo y el respeto al derecho de autoría

the author reviews the international basic principles of copyrights approved by the berne convention for the protection of literary and artistic works, the universal declaration of human rights and the treaty of maastricht on the european union right. general circumstances to protect copyrights are analyzed; in particular in biomedicine and health sciences fields, as well as some other specific characteristics related with the publishing market and the main changes suffered in those fields throughout the years. this document describes the relevant factors associated with the emergence of the open access initiative and its commitment protecting copyright. creative commons is presented as an effective alternative to preserve copyrights. finally, the medicina y seguridad del trabajo journal officially declares its adhesion to creative commons under the attribution-noncommercial-noderivs (by-nc-nd) license.