Presented to UT Arlington's Graduate Studies as part of the Office of Graduate Studies Workshop Series

1. Brett D. Currier
Director of Scholarly Communications
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3. LIBRARY SUPPORT
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5. Created at the
moment it the
article is fixed
in a tangible
medium of
expression.
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WHEN IS A COPYRIGHT CREATED?

6. WHAT IS PROTECTED?
(1) literary works;
 Every production in the literary, scientific and artistic domain
(2) musical works, including any accompanying words;
(3) dramatic works, including any accompanying music;
(4) pantomimes and choreographic works;
(5) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works;
(6) motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
(7) sound recordings; and
(8) architectural works.
B R E T T D . C U R R I E R
D I R E C T O R O F S C H O L A R L Y C O M M U N I C A T I O N S 6

7. BUNDLE OF RIGHTS
• Make copies
• Distribute the work
• Prepare derivative works
• Publicly perform or display the work
• License any of the above to third parties
• Transfer the copyright to a third party
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9. • Right of First
Publication
• Reproduction
• Includes right to control use
of your own material in your
own classroom
• Includes requiring
permission to reuse your
content in other publications
• Distribution
• Derivatives
• The right to restrict your
conference proposals
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THE RIGHTS PUBLISHERS . . .
Need Want

10. FIVE MAIN MODELS
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Model Type Journal Examples
Work Made for Hire Oxford University Press; ASME
Copyright Transfer Elsevier Journals (over 2000 titles)
Exclusive License Elsevier Open Access license
Non-Exclusive License PLOS; Buzzfeed
Implied License Law reviews

11. COPYRIGHT TRANSFER: ELSEVIER
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Who owns
the
copyright?
Did you
ever own
the
copyright?
Reuse by
author?
Institutional
Repository
Deposit?
Reuse by
others?
The
publisher
Yes Not without
permission
or a license
Not without
permission
Not without
permission
by the
publisher

12. EXCLUSIVE LICENSE: ELSEVIER OPEN ACCESS
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Who owns
the
copyright?
Did you
ever own
the
copyright?
Reuse by
author?
Institutional
Repository
Deposit?
Reuse by
others?
The author Yes Not without
permission
or a license
Not without
permission
Not without
permission
by the
publisher

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•SPARC Addendum
•Other contract terms?

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16. WHAT REQUIRES PERMISSIONS?
From the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th
Edition
 Directly reprinted figures and tables
 Adapted figures and tables
 Directly reproduced data
 Tests and scale items
 Questionnaires, vignettes, etc.
 Long quotations (Example: Case Studies, Policy Citations, etc.)
 Either a single 400 block quotation OR
 Total excerpts more than 800 words
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IEEE

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IEEE FAQs

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UT Arlington Example
Permission Letter
Request

21. COPYRIGHT
CLEARANCE
CENTER
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23. APA FORMAT
Note. From “Title of the article,” by W. Jones and R. Smith, 2007, Journal
Title, 21, p. 122. Copyright 2007 by Copyright Holder. Reprinted with
permission.
*Purdue recommends that you include a copy of your permissions letter in
your dissertation
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24. OnCall Team. (2006). Nursing
students. Flickr.com.
Retrieved from
https://flic.kr/p/8J8tSS
Note. “Nursing Students” by
OnCall Team, 2006,
Flickr.com. Retrieved from
https://flic.kr/p/8J8tSS.
Copyright 2006 by OnCall
Team
(https://flic.kr/ps/QmPsu).
Reprinted courtesy of the
Copyright Holder under a
Creative Commons License
CC BY-SA 2.0
(https://creativecommons.or
g/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)
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