Questions tagged [copyright]
Copyright issues: publication agreements, copyright transfer upon publication, legal status of work-for-hire in academia, etc.
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If an image is included in an abstract which is published at a conference, does that mean the conference must give permission if it's used in a paper?
I'm advising some students preparing abstracts proposing posters at an international conference.
I was just asked about putting images in the abstract that represent data. It's a photograph of a ...
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Are data that can be obtained from the text of a report considered to be in the public domain?
I have been working with some data from a technical report that is freely available online as a PDF document from the website of the institution that published the report. I've cut and pasted the ...
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Am I allowed to post screenshots of tables/figures of my paper on Twitter?
I always share my research on twitter and like to summarize my results in a short thread. In these threads, I usually add screenshots of figures or tables showing the results. However, I was wondering:...
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Is it ethical to use an illegal pdf of a book that you bought?
Let’s say the situation is this: you bought a physical copy of a textbook, and for whatever reason you want to view a pdf version of said book, maybe so that you don’t have to carry it around, etc., ...
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Posting a scan of textbook online? [duplicate]
I am about to teach a one semester course whose syllabus covers two semesters of materials to say the least. (I am trying to change the syllabus, but it is another complicated issue and wont be done ...
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Adding group pictures at the end of a Thesis
Is it okay to include the classic group pictures from conferences, workshops and colleagues at the end of a thesis for memory reasons?
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Policies regarding to "extended preprint" versions of papers
I want to publish a paper I wrote as a preprint. Anyhow, the paper in its original form has 12 pages (let's call that "version A"). Version A anyhow was rejected, so I compiled a reviewed ...
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I am a research student working on a book, should I be included as coauthor?
I realise similar questions have been asked previously, but I believe the circumstances here differ in some respects.
My former boss and I worked as practitioners in a particular field for several ...
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Google Scholar Search Engine (Crawl Bot) Copyright issue inquiry
I have a question about the Google Scholar Search Engine (Grawl Bot) copyright issue. Any advice would be appreciated.
Here is the story. My university library accidentally uploaded my restricted ...
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Would it violate copyright to retype a classic mathematics book from the 1960s using modern notation and uploading it online?
I am reading a classic book in mathematics that was published in the 1960s. This book uses very old notation, which makes it impossible to read it. Suppose further that I want to read the whole book ...
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Is it legal if I print PDF files of Springer books for personal use?
As a Canadian undergraduate student, I have access to all Springer books on their website, provided that I log in with my institutional account. Springer books can be downloaded as PDF files.
Because ...
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What is "Title, if not author" in copyright transfer form?
In the ACM Copyright transfer form what is this "Title, if not author" ?
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Volunteering the French-English translation of old research monograph in math - ethical, copyright issues and Latex source?
I am only starting to learn the French, but I already need to read 1971 French mathematical book (https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=0344253), others wanted to read it too.
I am ...
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Correct acknowledgment for a figure's digital rendering
If I draw a figure freehand, and then ask somebody else to render it digitally, and integrate the resulting product in a publication, what is the correct way of acknowledging this person's work?
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Does my PhD dissertation need a copyright notice?
I'm in the final stages of preparing my dissertation. I've noticed that former graduates from my department have included the text "© [student's name]" at the bottom of their title pages. Is ...
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I would like to translate an old dissertation, who owns the copyright?
I have found by absolute chance a doctorate thesis by a foreign author dating from the 70s, having as a subject the village where my parents are from. I was able to order it and have it in my ...
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Is it legal to post an assignment from a book?
If my teacher is posting photos of questions given in a book in our class group for us to solve, is it legal or ethical?
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Can I include Figures and Texts from IEEE/ACM publications in my PhD thesis?
I am currently writing my Ph.D. thesis. The thesis is in computer science specifically the data science domain. The thesis will be based on my 8 first-authored publications in IEEE, ACM and springer. ...
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Is comminit dot com a scam site?
I recently published an open-access paper. Shortly after, someone from the 'Communication Initiative' reached out, regarding a 'summary' of the paper which they would like to share, asking me if I'd ...
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Copyright Rules Regarding Figure Reproduction
A paper I wrote was recently accepted for publication. In one of our figures, we report our results juxtaposed against results from another paper published in a different journal. To perform a ...
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Downloading books from websites that allow book upload but promises to remove ones that violate copyright [closed]
I know of some websites that make it possible for anyone to upload books on their website and then whoever wants to download that book can but the website says they respect copyright and if they found ...
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Can I collect published images of biological specimens in a database for scientific purposes?
I'd like to create a database with published photographs of some biological species to use them for scientific research, but I have questions according copyright law.
Can I use published images in a ...
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Can (or should) text from a study protocol be reused when preparing a manuscript for submission to an academic journal?
In an attempt to follow best practices in open sciences, I drafted, published, and shared a protocol for a systematic literature review. I have since completed the data collection and extraction ...
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Copyright transfer of with inclusion of previously CC licensed content
When publishing in a non-open access journal, one (Author) is usually required to sign a copyright transfer agreement with the Publisher such as this.
Now, when the paper includes some work, say a ...
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Do I hold the copyright on test answers?
If I turn in a test with my work on it, is that work under copyright by me or the teacher? If the teacher does not want to give me the test contents, can I ask for my answers to the questions as ...
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Re-Using own figure from IEEE conference proceedings, which have not yet been published
Does anyone have experience with re-using their own figure from IEEE conference proceedings, which have not yet been published for another conference (not IEEE)?
I have contacted IEEE but have not yet ...
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Paper Copyright When Going From Conference to Journal
Early this year we submitted and presented a paper on an IEEE conference. However, due to the page limit we had leave out quite a few of our experiments and results. As most the work has been carried ...
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Is it ok to share a paper accepted for publication with a single person?
I have a paper that was accepted for publication and we the authors have already filled out the copyright transfer. There was a disclaimer saying we're not allowed to share the paper publicy before 2 ...
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Can a journal prohibit an author from releasing the article after the embargo in a public repository/website, such as ResearchGate?
A few days ago, I received an email from the IEEE copyright team informing me that one of my articles had been removed from my researchgate account due to a copyright violation. However, after the ...
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Collaborator asks me to share a paywalled article - how to deny that request?
A collaborator has asked me to share a PDF of a pay-walled article with her. She can't access the article because it's pay-walled (though her institution should be wealthy enough to provide access).
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