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Tagged with copyright paper-submission
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How could publishers, in particular disreputable ones, prove that you “signed” a copyright agreement?
With almost every question from people having dealing with predatory publishers, the question comes up whether they have already signed a copyright agreement. This always makes me ask myself this ...
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Sign copyright agreement before paper acceptance?
I am submitting a research paper to a journal and they asked me to sign the copyright agreement in favour of the editor before the paper is accepted. Is this right?
And what happens in this case is ...
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Is an automatic copyright transfer clause in publisher's instructions to authors typically enforced/enforceable?
Some publishers have a clause like the following in their author instructions:
Submission of a manuscript implies... that if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors agree ...
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