Um - before you can have a "postprint" you must have published the paper somewhere. In many (most?) cases you will have transferred the copyright to the journal. So how can the University then assert its ownership of a copyright that you, the individual academic, have already given away in the belief that it was yours to give?
Fytton Rowland. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Picciotto, Sol" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 1:57 PM Subject: Re: Draft Policy for Self-Archiving University Research Output > It seems that copyright ownership could be an important obstacle to archiving > postprints. I have proposed at Lancaster that academic staff employment > contracts be modified to make it clear that the university asserts its rights > as employer to copyright in staff research publications, but only to the extent > of reserving the right to authorise non-commercial publication on the internet, > e.g. in an eprints archive. This would circumvent a possible restriction > resulting from any copyright assignment the author signs. The idea has been met > favourably here, both by the AUT (professional association) and management, but > both have referred it for discussion at national level. > > I think the university should be willing to forego any claim to income from > research publications, but should retain the right to authorise non-commercial > publication. The decision on when to publish, which version, etc, should be > left to the author(s), within a policy such as that suggested here for > Southampton, which would greatly facilitate acceptance of eprints archiving as > a standard practice. > > cheers > > Sol > ******************************** > > Prof. Sol Picciotto > Head, > Lancaster University Law School > Lancaster University > LANCASTER LA1 4YN, > U.K. > direct phone (44)(0)1524-592464 > fax (44)(0)1524-525212 > [email protected] > > ********************************** > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stevan Harnad [SMTP:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:49 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Draft Policy for Self-Archiving University Research Output > > > > Comments are invited on the following draft for a university policy on > > the self-archiving of research output: > > > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lac/archpol.html > > > > It is being formulated both for use at Southampton > > University, and as a possible model for wider adoption, > > particularly in connection with a recommended restructuring > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2373.html > > of UK's Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) > > http://www.rareview.ac.uk/ > > and its emulation in other countries > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/2356.html > > > > Stevan Harnad > >
