Questions tagged [copyright]
Copyright issues: publication agreements, copyright transfer upon publication, legal status of work-for-hire in academia, etc.
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Does translating an article for a magazine require permission from the author?
Is translating an article (that could be found written in a popular science magazine or online in a science blog or personal webpage say) for a public newspaper or an online blog ...etc, requires ...
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Correctly citing a cc-licensed picture that is third-party-material already
There is a picture in an article I want to use. The article is by John Doe (2020). The picture is on page 100.
The caption of the picture says
"Model by Denver (2005, p. 3; 2010, p.10)"
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Are we allowed to use the figures of a published paper in our poster/oral presentation at a conference by citing the source of figures?
Is an author (coauthor or corresponding author) of an already published paper in a journal (IOP and Elsevier) allowed to use figures of the (already-) published paper in their poster or oral ...
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If research papers include images, do they need to state the source of the image?
Images are the main component of the raw information in papers related to image processing. Many of the research papers implement the proposed work on images like Lena, Barbara.
I understand that ...
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Who holds the copyright to a preprint article with multiple authors?
Given a preprint article that is not submitted anywhere else, may be not even on a preprint server, who holds the copyright to the article?
To what extent do authorship contributions or being listed ...
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Am I allowed to share a final copy of my published paper privately?
Suppose I published a paper in a journal with no open-access policy, but with the usual constraints regarding copyright.
A researcher that I do not know in person has asked me for a copy of a this ...
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Is it alright to share the abstract of my article while it is under review
I am in contact with another researcher and want to share the direction of my current research for a possible opportunity. Would it be okay to share just the abstract and author list of my article ...
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Is there a way for students to use a figure from an article, for a 'students-only' presentation, without paying a hefty sum?
There is a figure that is unbelievably clear and efficient in getting my point across. More specifically, I'm doing a presentation about modeling a certain real-world object to math students who are ...
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Are there any ethical or legal issues when printing large texts from primary sources? [closed]
I am writing a secondary History textbook. It is quite nearly done, but I am required to integrate some primary source materials, such as diaries, log entries, letters, etc.
The textbook spans the ...
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Is it legal to post accepted manuscript to GitHub Pages if embargo has ended for personal website?
I have published my article with Taylor & Francis. For the respective journal, there is no embargo period concerning the publication of the accepted manuscript on the author's personal website - I ...
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Sci-hub and ResearchGate
Sci-hub and ResearchGate both provide (among other things) online access to journals that sit behind publisher paywalls. For example, I have just discovered, not unhappily, most of my own papers on ...
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Copyright confusion - scientific paper
Currently, we have a discussion in our work group as to whether one may use images from WikiMedia Commons in Case Reports. I have a general understanding of what types of CC license one may use or not....
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How long does it take before an academic article can no longer be kept behind a paywall?
Just a curiosity: after how many years does publications become public (cannot be kept behind a paywall anymore)?
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Copyright of a custom image of a well-known game character [closed]
This question is quite similar to another one I already found here.
I would like to use an image of a very well known plumber in my upcoming research paper. Of course, I do not own any rights to that ...
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Is it okay to upload code I wrote for replicating someone else’s simulation study?
I have code I wrote to replicate a simulation study by another author. Is it okay to publicly upload this in my code repository?
This will include:
code (my work, based on the author’s description in ...
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