Autors of research papers need not GIVE THE COPYRIGHT to the journal publishers. They can modify the copyright agreement sent to them by the publishers. They should not give away the copyright to their original work to a journal publisher. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Model language for helping authors retain key rights SPARC http://www.arl.org/sparc/index.html has released two draft addenda http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/docs/SPARCAuthorAddenda.pdf for authors to add to their copyright transfer agreements with publishers. The addenda retain key rights for authors, enabling them to provide open access to their works without further permission. Draft 1.0 includes a Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/ public license, and draft 2.0 does not. SPARC welcomes public comment on them. For some background, see SPARC's page on Copyright Resources for Authors http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/copyres.html. Authors can and must retain copyright! Autors of research papers need not GIVE THE COPYRIGHT to the journal publishers. They can modify the copyright agreement sent to them by the publishers. They should not give away the copyright to their original work to a journal publisher. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Model language for helping authors retain key rights SPARC < http://www.arl.org/sparc/index.html http://www.arl.org/sparc/index.html
has released two draft addenda < http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/docs/SPARCAuthorAddenda.pdf http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/docs/SPARCAuthorAddenda.pdf
for authors to add to their copyright transfer agreements with publishers. The addenda retain key rights for authors, enabling them to provide open access to their works without further permission. Draft 1.0 includes a Creative Commons < http://creativecommons.org/ http://creativecommons.org/
public license, and draft 2.0 does not. SPARC welcomes public comment on them. For some background, see SPARC's page on Copyright Resources for Authors < http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/copyres.html http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/copyres.html
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