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Creative Commons Licences

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Who owns the copyright for my research article?

First read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_open_access_publishing

Then refer to the following:

• Can self-archive my article?
• Publishing articles, books, etc.
• Prepare files for submission >> Copyright

For enquiries regarding the above, please contact:

Director: Intellectual Property

• E-mail: General Inquiries
• Tel: +27 (0)21 808 3910

Negotiating copyright

1. Don't just sign your copyright away. Licence your work by selecting a Creative Commons licence, or publish in an Open Access Journal. See Directory of Open Access Journals.
2. Include a clause in the letter of agreement with the publisher - e.g. add the SPARC Addendum - that allows you to archive a copy of the item on SUNScholar. Negotiate in advance, and obtain a digital copy of the final version from the publisher/ copyright owner. Submit this digital copy to SUNScholar for long-term digital preservation and access.
3. Check the publisher's policy for self-archiving within an institutional repository on SHERPA/ RoMEO Publisher Copyright Policies & Self-Archiving. Encourage publishers to post their policies at Suggest a Publisher.
4. Visit the publisher's web page for policies on self-archiving within SUNScholar.
5. Obtain permission for archiving the item on SUNScholar from the copyright owner/ publisher by contacting them directly. A copy of each letter of consent will be archived on SUNScholar.

Example letters to obtain permission

• Post-print article
• Chapter from book
• Video/ Sound Clip
• Conference Paper

Copyright on public funded research

Please watch the following video

Video - Open Access to Publicly Funded Research - Copyright and Other Issues - Berkman Law Center

A discussion with the following panelists:

• Peter Suber - Harvard University Office of Scholarly Communication
• Mike Seely - Reed Elsevier Legal Office

The original video is available at the following link:

• https://youtu.be/doegjamgY4U

Elsevier

News

• https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/libraries-face-against-publishers-and-european-union-wipo
• http://www.popmatters.com/column/188924-the-copyright-wars-rage-on-after-300-years
• Negotiate your copyright
• How to make your work open access
• https://www.mysciencework.com/news/11561/a-creative-commons-guide-to-sharing-your-science
• http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/guest-post-charles-oppenheim-on-who.html

References

• 1888 - Scientific American - Copyright1
• 1888 - Scientific American - Copyright2
• 1831-1891 - Pimps and Ferrets: Copyright and Culture in the United States
• 2014 - KEVIN SMITH - Technology and the Growing Problem of Intellectual Property in Academia
• http://www.copyright.com
• http://www.sparc.arl.org/theme/author-rights
• Innovus
• Copyright for Librarians
• South African Copyright Act of 1978
• Copyright and Plagiarism (with acknowledgement to the University of the Witwatersrand)
• DALRO Copyright
• DALRO Intellectual Property
• University of Stellenbosch Intellectual Property Policy
• http://openuct.uct.ac.za/blog/copyright-academic-library-context-part-1

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