How To Keep Your Author Rights (and Influence People) By Marilyn Billings Scholarly Communications Librarian W.E.B. Du Bois Library

Science Faculty Colloquy What are author rights? What do we mean when we say “author rights”? Transferring copyright: do publishers really need these rights? November 29, 2007 Science Faculty Colloquy Author Rights 2

Author rights: the rights of copyright For original works of authorship Conferred at fixation upon tangible media (registration is not required) Limited by time and certain uses Inheritable, separable, assignable November 29, 2007 3

Science Faculty Colloquy What are they? In the US... The right to reproduce the work (to publish, make copies, reformat, etc.) The right to create derivative works (to edit or to build upon an existing piece of scholarship) The right to distribute the work (to publish, republish, give away, sell, etc.) The right to perform the work publicly The right to display the work The right to broadcast the work The right of attribution and integrity November 29, 2007 Science Faculty Colloquy Author Rights 4

Inheritable, separable, assignable Rights held from fixation through the author’s life plus 70 years Each right included may be sold, given away, or granted to another person or body under a non-exclusive license All rights may be given away Subsequent rights holders may assign rights November 29, 2007 Science Faculty Colloquy Author Rights 5

When the author assigns copyright Author loses rights under copyright Author’s institution may not enjoy expanded rights through permission Current and future uses completely controlled by new rights holder (no moral rights for written works in US) November 29, 2007 Science Faculty Colloquy Author Rights 6

Science Faculty Colloquy Resources for your use Alternative Licenses Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition http://www.arl.org/sparc Alternative Actions http://createchange.org Editorial and peer reviewer roles November 29, 2007 Science Faculty Colloquy Author Rights 7

What is UMass Amherst Doing? ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst http://scholarworks.umass.edu Contact the Team scholarworks@library.umass.edu November 29, 2007 Science Faculty Colloquy Author Rights 8