Download - Know your author's rights
Know Your Author's Rights
Rafia Mirza
Humanities Research Librarian
This presentation adapted from Brett Currier’s “Author's Rights under (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5) license
Learn what questions to ask and how to negotiate with publishers when
completing your publication agreements.
Discover what you need to know when posting your articles in online
repositories.
This workshop will help authors navigate the scholarly communication
landscape.
Intellectual PropertyPatents
Trademark
Copyright
Inability to predict evolution
HOW YOU WILL USE YOUR WORK
5
What is Copyright?
Created at the moment a work isfixed in a tangible medium of expression.
WHEN IS A COPYRIGHT CREATED?
7
COPYRIGHT IS…A BUNDLE OF RIGHTS
• Make copies
• Distribute the work
• Prepare derivative works
• Publicly perform or display the work
• License any of the above to third parties
• Transfer the copyright to a third party
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR WORK?
• Share with colleagues
• Include in a dissertation or thesis
• Make it available to your students
• Use parts of it in future research projects
• Allow colleagues to reuse part of your work in their research projects
• Post to a personal or department website
• Post to the Research Commons or another subject specific repository *
• Others . . .
*May be required if you have external funding
Open Access
This presentation adapted from Brett Currier’s presentation Author’s
Rights
Creative Commons license
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES EXPLAINED
From Technology Enhanced Learning Blog
Losing your Copyright
LOSING YOUR COPYRIGHT
• Copyright can only be transferred (“assigned”) in writing
• Licensing allows specific rights to be retained:
• Authors keep copyright and license other rights (e.g., first publication)
• Publishers take copyright and license rights back (e.g., reproduction, derivatives)
• Addenda can be added to publication agreements to negotiate rights retention
THE RIGHTS PUBLISHERS . . .
16
Need
• Right of First Publication
Want
• Reproduction
• Distribution
• Derivatives
Four Models for Contract Terms
FOUR MAIN MODELS
18
Model Type Journal Examples
Work Made for Hire Oxford University Press; ASME
Copyright Transfer Elsevier Journals (over 2000 titles)
Exclusive License Elsevier Open Access license
Non-Exclusive License PLOS; Buzzfeed
WORKS MADE FOR HIRE: OUP
19
Who owns
the
copyright?
Did you
ever own
the
copyright?
Reuse by
author?
Institutional
Repository
Deposit?
Reuse by
others?
The
publisher
No Not without
permission
or a license.
Not without
permission
or a license
Not without
permission
or a license
COPYRIGHT TRANSFER: ELSEVIER
20
Who owns
the
copyright?
Did you
ever own
the
copyright?
Reuse by
author?
Institutional
Repository
Deposit?
Reuse by
others?
The
publisher
Yes Not without
permission
or a license
Not without
permission
or a license
Not without
permission
or a license
EXCLUSIVE LICENSE: ELSEVIER OPEN ACCESS
Who owns
the
copyright?
Did you
ever own
the
copyright?
Reuse by
author?
Institutional
Repository
Deposit?
Reuse by
others?
The author Yes Not without
permission
or a license
Not without
permission
or a license
Not without
permission
or a license
20
NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE: PLOS
22
Who owns
the
copyright?
Did you
ever own
the
copyright?
Reuse by
author?
Institutional
Repository
Deposit?
Reuse by
others?
The author Yes Yes Yes. Yes.
Model Who owns
the
copyright
?
Did you
ever own
the
copyright?
Reuse by
author?
Institutiona
l
Repository
Deposit?
Reuse by
others?
Work made
for hire
The
publisher
No Not without
permission
or a license
Not without
permission
or a license
Not without
permission
or a license
Copyright
Transfer
The
publisher
Yes Not without
permission
or a license
Not without
permission
or a license
Not without
permission
or a license
Exclusive
License
The author Yes Not without
permission
or a license
Not without
permission
or a license
Not without
permission
or a license
Non-
Exclusive
License
The author Yes Yes Yes Yes
23
Embargo
Negotiate the Agreement
The SPARC Author Addendum
Keep your contract and any additions
Keep a copy of all versions of your text
Pre-print and post-print
COMPARISON OF PUBLICATION AGREEMENTS
• JAMA
• WILEY-BLACKWELL
• JLSC (section on Copyright and Licenses)
This is an exercise originally created by Molly Keener for a ACRL workshop on Scholarly Communication
Please contact your librarian for more information
You can also email us at [email protected]
Questions?