Guide to Rights Clearance & Permissions in Scholarly Educational and Trade Publishing

Avoid Costly Rights Clearance and Permissions MistakesLearn what you need to know to avoid and manage copyright infringement claims that arise from the publication of your book article or media project. In this book intellectual property attorney Stephen E. Gillen covers the unique rights clearance and permission issues related to writing scholarly works: Attributing text and ideas borrowed from othersFair useDealing with authorship creditVariations in rights-clearing strategies from field to fieldThe upside-down business model of open access journal writingThe non-exclusive rights reserved by some universities to the writings of their facultyWhether self-publishing affects the potential to publish traditionally in the futureThe variability in licensing models for open educational resourcesYoull also get practical pointers and guidelines and more than a dozen templates you can use to request permissions and secure releases. Put 40 years of rights clearance and permissions experience on your bookshelf.