Whether the open-archiving of either the pre-print or a post-print infringes
depends on what rights the author transfers to the publisher on acceptance. It
is important that academics should not sign transfers that prohibit them from
posting their work in open archives. This is allowed, for example, by (a
version of) the model assignment form issued by the ALPSP:
http://www.alpsp.org/grantli.pdf
although I recommend modifications to make it more explicit.
Many publishers now accept that authors can retain this right, perhaps on
condition of including a link to the journal where it is published.
Sol
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Sol Picciotto
Lancaster University Law School
Lancaster University
LANCASTER LA1 4YN,
U.K.
direct phone (44)(0)1524-592464
fax (44)(0)1524-525212
s.picciotto_at_lancaster.ac.uk
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Albert Henderson [SMTP:chessNIC_at_COMPUSERVE.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 11:47 PM
> To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG
> Subject: Re: Ingenta to offer OAI eprint service
>
> on Sat, 20 Jul 2002 Stevan Harnad <harnad_at_ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote
>
> [snip]
> > What about copyright?
> > http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/#copyright1
> >
> > The author holds the copyright for the pre-refereeing preprint,
> > so that can be self-archived without seeking anyone else's
> > permission. For the refereed postprint, the author can try to
> > modify the copyright transfer agreement to allow self-archiving, or,
> > failing that, can append or link a corrigenda file
> > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Tp/resolution.htm#6.5
> > to the already self-archived preprint.
>
> If the preprint is materially the same as the
> work covered by the copyright transfer, then
> the preprint should be withdrawn, leaving
> no more than a cite or a link.
>
> A preprint that is not withdrawn clearly
> infringes the copyright transfer agreement and
> puts the author in the morally and legally
> questionable position of contributing to
> infringement.
>
> Moreover, corrigenda really doesn't help the
> reader when major revisions have taken place.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Albert Henderson
> Former Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1994-2000
> <70244.1532_at_compuserve.com>
Received on Thu Jul 25 2002 - 11:47:23 BST