STM Conversation on Author Rights

Publisher copyright agreements: why these are needed and what researchers/authors and their institutions and funders should know about them. 

Background: 
Authors automatically have rights in the works they write as their creators, but these may be subject to requirements from their institutions, funders and/or publishers to assign or license those rights to them.  As an example, institutions may put this in an employment contract, funders may put it in a grant agreement and publishers may have a copyright transfer or licensing agreement as a precondition to publishing. 

In this moderated conversation, we will talk about topics such as why authors are asked by publishers to sign a copyright agreement and the different varieties of agreements that they might encounter. 

Who should attend: All involved in scholarly publishing: Authors, researchers, reviewers, funders, librarians 

Free to attend

 Programme: 

Introduction/setting the scene by Sarah Fricker, Group Head of Legal, IOP Group

Leslie Lansman, Global Permissions Manager, Springer Nature

Rebecca Cook, Associate Director Copyright and Permissions, Wiley

Panel discussion and Q&A  

Relevant Resources

Debunking Myths about Authors' & Researchers' Rights (PDF)

Authors Rights in Scholarly Publishing (PDF)

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