JOINSTM 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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