Questions tagged [copyright]
Copyright issues: publication agreements, copyright transfer upon publication, legal status of work-for-hire in academia, etc.
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An article containing a copyrighted figure should be embedded in a stapler thesis: How to fill in RightsLink form?
I wrote an Elsevier article (open-access, CC-BY 4.0) that contains a third party figure from a Springer subscription book. At the time, I obtained a license for re-using the Springer figure in a ...
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Is there a repository for copyrighted academic video lectures?
As the Covid-19 pandemic spread out everybody’s moving to teach online. Would it be possible to post online my video lectures, without sacrificing copyrights, i.e. posting them with a warranty that (...
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Have there been attempts to get around "DeWitt clause"-like license restrictions?
(This is a complementary question to: Has the DeWitt Clause, which prevents publication of named DBMS benchmarks, ever been successfully defended in court?)
Several commercial database vendors ...
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Can I republish what is already published on ArXiv after a copyright transfer?
I will explain the case (because it is unique):
If I publish an article in arXiv under the arXiv license (not under CC license), consequently I retain the copyright.
Four months later, I write other ...
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What are the considerations when using an advertising slogan, song lyric, etc. in the title of my paper?
I've noticed that in economics and business, people often use catchy or interesting titles for their papers. I was wondering specifically about the use of references to song lyrics, slogans, TV shows, ...
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Can pre-print be published as "working paper" after the peer reviewed and revised manuscript has been accepted for publication by the journal?
A colleague wishes to publish a pre-print as a "working paper" after the revised manuscript has gone through the peer review process and accepted for publication.
The rationale is that firstly, ...
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Can I publish a yellow paper written when I was employed?
I am a developer graduate in Artificial Intelligence. I wrote an interesting draft document seeking feedback from fellow developers, and data scientists.
The paper was about stream reasoning and how I ...
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Posting an open access IEEE paper to Researchgate
I am wondering if I can upload my accepted early access IEEE paper to Researchgate for public viewing?
The paper has the following "This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 ...
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Am I allowed to modify figures of a dissertation for my dissertation
Can I modify a figure of someone else's dissertation and use the modified picture in my dissertation? Or might this be a problem regarding the copyright? Of course I would cite the source which I got ...
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Is it proper to use google map image in scientific paper?
I have used a google map image as an illustration of street map within my study area. And I have submitted the paper containing this figure to a journal owned by Elsevier.
Meanwhile, the reviewer ...
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Copyright issue for uploading books to Mendeley
I wonder whether importing a pdf file of a book that I downloaded in my Mendeley library is illegal or not.
Any advice?
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License of content in patent
What's the license of content in a patent?
I'd like to refer to existing techniques and show obtained results by including a figure which is obtained from a patent. Am I allowed to do that?
For ...
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Copyright policy of conference and sharing of article in public archive
I have few articles published in IEEE conference as well in IEEE Sponsored conference proceedings. I want to share my work on public library such as arxiv. The IEEE copy right policy states that "The ...
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Am I allowed to provide the Camera Ready Copy (CRC) / Preprint of my paper published in Springer Workshop Proceedings online on my homepage?
my work was accepted as workshop paper and the conference was held some weeks ago. Until now, the paper is nowhere published. Last year, the Spriner Workshop Proceedings needed 6 months to publish it. ...
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Redacting third-party figure in journal article before including in thesis?
I have included a third-party figure (from a Springer subscription book) in an open-access Elsevier article (CC-BY 4.0 license). At the time, I obtained permission via RightsLink and included the ...
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