Dear Colleagues
Do any of your organisations have special transfer of copyright forms?
Our organisation retains its copyright ie it is not transferred to the
Crown and
we have been asked to check if other organisations have created a form for
authors
who wish to publish in scientific journals.
See below for more information
TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT
We are proceeding with the publication of your article on the
explicit understanding that you will sign and return an
unaltered copy of the attached Transfer of Copyright form. A fax
or copy of the signed form is sufficient for us to proceed in
good faith; however, for legal reasons we still need you to mail
us the form with the original signature present.
If you have any doubts about your ability to do so, or if your
employer has asked you to return a different form, it is
essential that you contact us immediately to avoid difficulties
at a later date. Corresponding authors who are US Government
employees or who elect to claim Crown copyright should ask any
co-authors who are not government employees to sign the form and
mark the appropriate box. Where all authors are US Government
employees or are claiming Crown copyright, please sign the
warranties section and indicate your government status on the
form.
Have any of you had problems with not wishing to transfer copyright to the
publisher?
This is new to me.
Mary Anne Temby
Information Services
Australian Institute of Marine Science
PMB No. 3 TMC
Townsville, QLD 4810
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