Nobody ever objected to my careting in, "Nothing in this document shall limit the author's ability to share copies of this work for his own career development purposes.":
In only two cases, did it make any trouble...in one they backed down, and in the other (they were making life hell for the editor of the volume my piece was going into) I backed down. Author's contracts are the pits. I particularly used to wince at the phrase, "the authors shall hold the publisher harmless from any harm arising from the publication of the work." Oh, sure. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([email protected]) http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > [Original Message] > From: russell standish <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Date: 10/3/2009 4:11:06 PM > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] FYI: More mumbo-jumbo @ emergence > > On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 11:56:04AM -0700, Russ Abbott wrote: > > > > Furthermore, it is always OK to publish "pre-prints" of journal articles. > > These are author-formatted versions of published articles. Pre-prints allow > > the contents of articles to be made available without charge without giving > > away the formatting "added value" contributed by the publisher. > > > > -- Russ A > > > > >From a legal standpoint, I don't think this is true, unless the > journal specifically allows for it in their transfer of copyright > agreement, which most journals require authors to sign. > > What I _always_ do is read the copyright assignment agreement, and if > it doesn't specifically allow for the article to be added to an > e-print server, I will add in the specific clause allowing me to do > this, before signing the copyright transfer and sending it back. Many > of the important journals will allow for e-print servers and personal > websites, but some of the newer journals do not. > > I don't much agree with copyright transfer, but in as much as it > appears to be necessary to be published, I use the same technique that > they use (ie large gobs of legalese that people never read) to get the > necessary changes in. > > Interestingly, I have only had one instance of a push back by a > publisher when I did this (obviously they did read the fine print > :). This threatened to delay the publication of a collection of > papers, and in the end was resolved by them issuing me with a specific > license to allow for e-print publication. However, there was a > Catch-22 situation where I wouldn't sign the copy transfer until they > sent me the license, and they would give me a license until they had > copyright. In the end, they relented and sent me the license first, > after I pointed out the license could only start operating once I > transferred copyright. > > Bugger 'em. > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Mathematics > UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [email protected] > Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
