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Understanding The Rights Provisions Of A Book Contract, Melody Herr
Understanding The Rights Provisions Of A Book Contract, Melody Herr
University Libraries Teaching and Learning
A book contract establishes a partnership between a publisher and an author. The author offers their scholarly expertise and selected rights to the work while the publisher offers capital and expertise in copyediting, design, marketing, and rights management. In essence, the partnership is grounded in the exercise of specified rights.
This presentation covers the provisions of book publishing contracts related to US copyright law:
- Copyright ownership
- Copyright as a package of rights
- Open access and open licenses
- Contract termination
Creative Commons: A History, Shannon M. Smith
Creative Commons: A History, Shannon M. Smith
ScholarWorks Publications
Creative Commons is a set of legal resources, a nonprofit organization, as well as a global network and movement - all inspired by people's interest in sharing their creativity and knowledge, and made functional by a set of open copyright licenses.
The following infographic provides a brief historical overview of how this unique copyright feature was developed and how it continues to be used.
And The Print Was Born, Larissa Smith
And The Print Was Born, Larissa Smith
OPUS
This document provides examples of how to use and give attribution to works licensed under Creative Commons licensing.
Open Access And Self-Publishing In The Academic Communication: A Case Study, Vimal Kumar, Dhanya P
Open Access And Self-Publishing In The Academic Communication: A Case Study, Vimal Kumar, Dhanya P
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Commercial publishing houses dominate the academic publishing sector, and they discourage the sharing culture to protect business interests. Authors and institutions have no control over the publishing processes and lost the copyright on the works after publishing. The traditional model of publishing gives more financial commitment to authors. Self-publishing gives full control to the authors over the publishing processes. Open Access model gives the publications faster impact and greater user engagement. This article shares the experience of self-publishing an Open Access book in a higher education institution.
Copyright & Open Access, Dustin Johnston-Green
Creative Commons: An Explainer, Kincaid C. Brown
Creative Commons: An Explainer, Kincaid C. Brown
Law Librarian Scholarship
Copyright protection attaches automatically to original works you create, whether a poem, photograph, painting, song, video, or essay. Copyright limits what others can do with your creative work and protects your original work from, for example, being compiled or reused and sold for profit. If you hold the copyright—and didn’t, say, create the original work in an employment context where it may be subject to being a work for hire—you may want to allow others to use your work for particular purposes. You could individually negotiate a license granting rights to each person, which would undoubtedly take more and more …
Creative Commons: An Explainer, Kincaid C. Brown
Creative Commons: An Explainer, Kincaid C. Brown
Law Librarian Scholarship
Copyright protection attaches automatically to original works you create, whether a poem, photograph, painting, song, video, or essay. Copyright limits what others can do with your creative work and protects your original work from, for example, being compiled or reused and sold for profit. If you hold the copyright—and didn’t, say, create the original work in an employment context where it may be subject to being a work for hire—you may want to allow others to use your work for particular purposes. You could individually negotiate a license granting rights to each person, which would undoubtedly take more and more …