 Finally it remains the author's decision whether they grant the rights to exploit their work via a new, yet unknown type of use or not.They can prevent that the utilisation of their work be tied to a yet unknown type of use or they can negotiate new and individual conditions if they chooses to grant the right of utilisation in connection with yet unknown types of use.On 1 March 2018, the Act to align copyright law with the current demands of the knowledge‑based society or Urheberrechts-Wissensgesellschafts-Gesetz (abbreviated "UrhWissG") covering the fields of research and education came into force.