Questions tagged [copyright]
Copyright issues: publication agreements, copyright transfer upon publication, legal status of work-for-hire in academia, etc.
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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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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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May I use a CC BY-SA 4.0 image (own work) for an open access journal article under CC BY 4.0?
Some years ago I uploaded some images to Wikimedia commons and selected "own work". That images were uploaded under a CC BY-SA 4.0 License.
However, the journal (in which I am attempting to ...
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Are you legally allowed to draw ideas from a book without permission?
My plan is to make a YouTube channel with a curriculum based on a pretty well-known textbook.
I want to reformulate and re-present the ideas in my own way. I will not take any direct quotes from the ...
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Using a copyrighted figure for an article posted to a non-commercial preprint server
I need to use a figure from a published paper that is non open access, and copyrighted. What is the general advice for going about this? Do people tend to pay the fee for access to reproduce it? Or do ...
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Presenting a paper on a video
I want to know about copyrights for presenting a paper on a public video.
For example, can I explain and show text and pictures of last month's good papers on a specific topic in a video on Youtube? ...
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Is it legal for me to post previous exams I have taken in University
I want to create a database of notes and previous exams for classes at my university, however, I am not sure if this is legal. I just want to know if this is OK or would I get a cease and desist or ...
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How to release the copyright of a published book?
Nearly five years ago, I have published my book, and now I requested the publishing company to release the copyright and return it to me. They agreed as an exception, however, they want me to pay them ...
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Can a co-first authored paper be part of my thesis?
I am at an Australian university studying Ph.D. I have written five first-authored papers related to my thesis topic during my Ph.D. candidature. 3 of them are published. 2 of them are under review ...
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Unnecessary figure permission... issues?
I need to submit my PhD thesis for archiving (online and physical), and a copyright-related question dawned on me.
I used a figure from a book in my introduction. It is a very standard materials ...