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Academic publishers fall broadly into two categories: subscription and open access, which take different approaches to copyright. [1] Subscription publishers typically require transfer of copyright ownership from the authors to the publisher, with the publisher monetising articles behind paywalls.
Unlike works of the U.S. government, works produced by contractors under government contracts are protected under U.S. copyright law [disputed (for: only true at times) – discuss]. The holdership of the copyright depends on the terms of the contract and the type of work undertaken.
The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". [1] [2] With the stated purpose to promote art and culture, copyright law assigns a set of exclusive rights to authors: to make and sell copies of their works, to create derivative works, and to perform or display their works publicly. These ...
The interplay of copyright law and competition law is increasingly important in the digital world, as most countries' laws allow private contracts to over-ride copyright law. Given that copyright law creates a legally sanctioned monopoly, balanced by "limitations and exceptions" that allow access without the permission of the copyright holder ...
In academic publishing, copyright transfer agreements do not normally involve the payment of remuneration or royalties. [4] Such agreements are a key element of subscription-based academic publishing, [5] and have been said to facilitate the handling of copyright-based permissions in print-only publishing. [6]
Title 17 of the United States Code is the title that outlines United States copyright law. Sections 106 – on the exclusive rights in copyrighted works – and 201 – on copyright ownership and transfer of ownership – are both referenced in H.R.801.
The Hayes are part of a federal lawsuit filed Thursday by Penguin Random House, other publishers and some authors that argues the law "violates the First Amendment" and has created "a regime of ...
This is a list of publishers of academic journals by their submission policies regarding the use of preprints prior to publication (example list). Publishers' policies on self-archiving (including of preprint versions) can also be found at SHERPA/RoMEO.