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Old 01-08-2018, 09:33 PM   #46
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Just to be clear I understand this correctly. Are you saying that the author would break copyright law if they give you a free copy of his article?
Correct. The author has no rights to the article as all rights are signed over to the academic journal. Unlike quite a few other areas of publishing where rights are signed over for a limited time, academic articles tend to be signed over permanently.
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Just to be clear I understand this correctly. Are you saying that the author would break copyright law if they give you a free copy of his article?
Yes..
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Old 01-09-2018, 04:53 PM   #48
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There are important and legitimate opinions on copyright which cannot be expressed on mobileread.
While that's obviously true it's also true that most aspects of copyright can be mentioned here and it's entirely possible to have meaningful discussions on the topic.

It seems more productive to focus on what we can do than on our limitations.

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Old 01-09-2018, 11:18 PM   #49
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While that's obviously true it's also true that most aspects of copyright can be mentioned here and it's entirely possible to have meaningful discussions on the topic.

It seems more productive to focus on what we can do than on our limitations.

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I mostly don't disagree with you. All areas of Copyright law can be mentioned here. I was even able to mention, carefully, an area where no effective discussion can take place. We can also hold a thoroughly bowdlerised discussion of the area so long as we avoid the elephant in the room. It is true of course that most areas can be discussed here. And yes, so far as these forums are concerned, it is more productive to focus on what we can do. But we also need to bear in mind the limitations and that there are very important areas which cannot be effectively discussed. That there are some legitimate opinions which cannot be expressed.

@Duckie. As others have answered, this is indeed the situation. Authors in these journals usually sign away all of their rights. Some authors will provide a copy but do so at their peril. Others understandably refuse. It is of course possible for an author to ask for permission from the new rights-owner to provide a free copy to someone, or for an academic to request a free copy directly from the new rights-owner. I wish them luck.

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Old 01-10-2018, 12:33 AM   #50
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A potentially interesting quote from a story that has me cautiously optimistic:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...xtension-push/

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And even some content creators aren't keen on ever-longer copyright terms. The Authors Guild, for example, "does not support extending the copyright term, especially since many of our members benefit from having access to a thriving and substantial public domain of older works," a Guild spokeswoman told Ars in an email. "If anything, we would likely support a rollback to a term of life-plus-50 if it were politically feasible.
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Old 01-10-2018, 05:19 PM   #51
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Correct. The author has no rights to the article as all rights are signed over to the academic journal. Unlike quite a few other areas of publishing where rights are signed over for a limited time, academic articles tend to be signed over permanently.
Keep in mind that you are discussing contract law rather than copyright law. The author still holds the copyright on the article. I would not be shocked if someone finally takes them to court and wins. One of the criteria of a valid contract is it can not be one sided, both sides must get something. That is why you see the various court cases where some inventor sells an invention for a penance, then sues (and wins) when the invention makes the company he or she sold it to a fortune.
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Keep in mind that you are discussing contract law rather than copyright law. The author still holds the copyright on the article. I would not be shocked if someone finally takes them to court and wins. One of the criteria of a valid contract is it can not be one sided, both sides must get something. That is why you see the various court cases where some inventor sells an invention for a penance, then sues (and wins) when the invention makes the company he or she sold it to a fortune.
I hate arguing with you, but the last time I submitted a story for publication, it was clearly stated that Reiman Publications now owned all rights to that story.
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Old 01-10-2018, 07:43 PM   #53
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Keep in mind that you are discussing contract law rather than copyright law. The author still holds the copyright on the article. I would not be shocked if someone finally takes them to court and wins. One of the criteria of a valid contract is it can not be one sided, both sides must get something. That is why you see the various court cases where some inventor sells an invention for a penance, then sues (and wins) when the invention makes the company he or she sold it to a fortune.
The contracts concerned can assign all of the author's rights in the copyright or grant a license amongst other things. If you sell your house there will be a contract governing the terms of the sale. To distinguish between copyright law and the relevant contract dealing with it is just as useful as the distinction between real property law and the contract to sell your house. That is, not very useful at all unless you are framing a lawsuit. And, of course, the new "rights holder" or licensee can enforce their rights against third parties pursuant to copyright law, Against the author they can enforce using contract law or, in the case of an appropriate assignment or licence, copyright law.

Sometimes an inventor sells something which later proves to be very valuable for a pittance (for which the inventor perhaps later does penance) and then later wins a lawsuit, usually when fraud or some type of colourable conduct is involved. Mostly they lose such cases. Laws governing unfair contracts and unconscionable conduct vary widely among those jurisdictions that have them, and are usually creatures of statute designed to remedy the harshness of the common law. I don't have the knowledge to comment on civil law jurisdictions.

Finally, many different journals have different policies. Some journals have relaxed their policies to some extent since those policies have been exposed to the light of day. I will of course refrain from speculating here as to how such policies were so exposed or even commenting on whether this was a good thing.
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Old 01-11-2018, 06:00 AM   #54
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I hate arguing with you, but the last time I submitted a story for publication, it was clearly stated that Reiman Publications now owned all rights to that story.
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The contracts concerned can assign all of the author's rights in the copyright or grant a license amongst other things. ...
I assumed that in some cases, copyright is/can be transferred from one entity to another entity.

Are you saying this can't be done?
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Old 01-11-2018, 06:36 AM   #55
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I assumed that in some cases, copyright is/can be transferred from one entity to another entity.

Are you saying this can't be done?
No. Of course it can be done and often is. Usually there will be a contract providing for a transfer or assignment.
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Old 01-11-2018, 07:13 AM   #56
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I assumed that in some cases, copyright is/can be transferred from one entity to another entity.

Are you saying this can't be done?
It's not possible to transfer copyright so that the copyright length changes. It is possible to transfer all rights to do with the copyright.

It's also possible to have a contract so that the copyright in newly created things belongs to another entity than the creator from the start - most employment contacts have this, so that intellectual property created by an employee belongs to the company employing them.
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No. Of course it can be done and often is. Usually there will be a contract providing for a transfer or assignment.
Thank you. This makes sense to me.

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... It is possible to transfer all rights to do with the copyright.

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My question is: beside all the rights associated with the copyright, is the copyright itself transferred?
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My question is: beside all the rights associated with the copyright, is the copyright itself transferred?
Since copyright is entirely a legal construct of rights, is hard to see what else might be transferred. The copyright is the rights.

Except, as I said, you can't extend copyright on something by transferring the copyright to a younger person.
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Sometimes an inventor sells something which later proves to be very valuable for a pittance (for which the inventor perhaps later does penance) and then later wins a lawsuit, usually when fraud or some type of colourable conduct is involved. Mostly they lose such cases.
My sister's father in law, decades ago, had some property on which there was a lot of white stone. His best friend offered to lease it from him for a small sum, I think $18 a year if I remember the story correctly. The then began minging white gravel, a unique stuff that has been sold all over the USA at high prices in garden shops and such, making his friend millions.

He wanted to re-negotiate but the friend wasn't interested so he took him to court; and lost! The judge said the law says each side has to get something but it doesn't say how much and contract law doesn't prevent someone from making a bad deal. He appealed and he lost again.

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It's not possible to transfer copyright so that the copyright length changes. It is possible to transfer all rights to do with the copyright.

It's also possible to have a contract so that the copyright in newly created things belongs to another entity than the creator from the start - most employment contacts have this, so that intellectual property created by an employee belongs to the company employing them.
If the work is for hire, then the author doesn't own the copyright. Quite a few franchise books are works for hire. Copyright is a legal construct between the author and the government. Just look at the inside cover of a book and see who is listed as the copyright holder. The copyright holder can enter into a contract that gives exclusive license to someone else, but the author is still the copyright holder. Copyright law and contract law are two different legal traditions and different rules apply.

For example, at one time in the US, the author had to do certain things to obtain the copyright and to extend the copyright period. If he didn't, then the work went into public domain, regardless of what the contract said. The contract holder could not extend the copyright, only the copyright holder could.

The difference isn't obvious, but it's a difference.
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