Sample Wording

The following pages take a publisher through a series of provisions designed to assist a publisher in determining the rights which are important to its business.

Linked to the description of each right is a portion of text that some publishers and authors have found useful in codifying the various rights. Even where some text already exists - for example in the publishing agreement- the linked text may be found useful in clarifying the right in question so that all parties understand their rights and obligations.

Noticeable is that some of the wording under a heading includes several uses. In that case a publisher can insert that wording and leave out other provisions and/or articles regarding that use.

Organisations that fund research often expect authors of research papers to disseminate their results widely and rapidly as possible for free. Some have a policy that after a certain period the results of the research they have funded will be made freely available to the public.
At the end of this section in the Addenda some clauses which are recommended by the organisations, are provided which an author might add to the publishing agreement.

An author wants to retain various rights for scholarly publications. Together with the rights to publish and disseminate, those provisions form the body of a publishing agreement. Provisions about the key needs for authors can be found at: Sample wording