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Entries Tagged as 'Copyright'

New Slide-Rule for Assessing Copyright Status

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments

The American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy recently created a slide-rule to help determine if a particular work is copyright protected. Pointing the red arrow to the date of first publication of the work provides information on the copyright status of the work.

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Tags: Copyright · Fair Use · Responsible Conduct of Research · Support for Authors · Uncategorized

Warming Up to User-Generated Content

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Interesting and thought provoking publication by Edward Lee on user-generated content/Web 2.0 tools and implications for copyright. As noted in the abstract:
“The most significant copyright development of the twenty first century has not arisen through any law enacted by Congress or opinion rendered by the Supreme Court. Instead, it has come from the unorganized, informal practices of [...]

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Tags: Author Rights · Copyright

Understanding Copyright and Related Rights

May 28th, 2008 · No Comments

The World Intellectual Property Organization recently issued a guide titled “Understanding Copyright and Related Rights.” The guide is intended to “provide an introduction for non-specialists or newcomers to the subject of copyright and related rights.”

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Tags: Author Rights · Copyright · Responsible Conduct of Research

Publishers Sue Georgia State on Digital Reading Matter

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Interesting article in the New York Times by Katie Hafner.
Three prominent academic publishers are suing Georgia State University, contending that the school is violating copyright laws.

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Tags: Copyright · Fair Use

What to Look for in Publisher Copyright Agreement Forms?

February 11th, 2008 · No Comments

There is a wide range of rights that authors can opt to retain or those granted to authors by publishers. Some of these rights include:

• use part of the work as a basis for a future publication
• send copies of the work to colleagues
• comply with the NIH Public Access Policy or other funding agency [...]

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Tags: Author Rights · Authors at WU · Copyright · NIH Public Access Policy · Support for Authors

Chronology of the NIH Public Access Policy

December 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Check out the new chronology of the NIH Public Access Policy to learn more about the implementation of the policy and important developments.  The current policy, enacted in 2005,  calls for voluntary submission of NIH-funded manuscripts to PubMed Central (PMC) within 12 months of publication but recent developments may change this to mandatory. For more information on how Becker Library can [...]

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Tags: Author Rights · Copyright · NIH Public Access Policy · Support for Authors

WU Authors Who Publish in BioMed Central Journals

December 5th, 2007 · No Comments

WU authors who publish in a BioMed Central journal are entitled to a 15% discount on article processing fees. Among the benefits of publishing in a BioMed Central journal include rapid publication, high visibility, inclusion in PubMed, SCOPUS, Google, and PubMed Central, and no space constraints for your work.  An added benefit for authors is that the [...]

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Tags: Author Rights · Authors at WU · Copyright · NIH Public Access Policy · Open Access · Publishing Models

Overly-Broad Copyright Law has Made USA a “Nation of Infringers”

November 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Nate Anderson’s blog entry in ars technica discusses an interesting article written by John Tehranian, a law professor at the University of Utah, who outlines the many instances of copyright violation that occur daily.  Professor Tehranian estimates his liability amounts to over $12 million daily.

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Tags: Copyright

WU Amendment to Publication Agreement Revised

October 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment

wupubamendment.pdf 
What is the WU Amendment to Publication Agreement? The WU Amendment is a tool to allow authors to retain some rights to their work and is used as an addendum to a publisher’s copyright agreement. The WU Amendment enables authors to reuse their work (the final published version) for research and teaching efforts, allows for deposit [...]

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Tags: Author Addenda · Author Rights · Authors at WU · Copyright · NIH Public Access Policy · Support for Authors

KeepYourCopyrights

October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

New resource on copyright intended to “contribute to a broader understanding of the legal aspects of creative works of authorship, including their dissemination and use.” Created by Columbia University. http://keepyourcopyrights.org/about/us

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Tags: Author Rights · Copyright