According to our guidelines, the copyright for abstracts is retained by authors (see on submission Terms & Agreement “11. Copyright, if this abstract is accepted, will be held by the author or employer (as part of the conditions of the author(s)’s employment).”).
Please note that the copyright of the materials (posters, presentations) remains the property of the author with a license to the ERS to use the related material for educational purposes (unless they specifically requested otherwise).
For further information about abstracts, we invite you to read the abstract FAQs.