From: Mary Summerfield <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:12:34 -0800 Publishers have a variety of terms in their transfers of copyright so one can't make blanket statements about what rights an author retains in the standard transfer, let alone what he/she might be able to negotiate. The standard SPIE Transfer of Copyright for a Proceedings Paper or Journal Article says the following: Authors, or their employers in the case of works made for hire, retain the following rights: 1. All proprietary rights other than copyright, including patent rights. 2. The right to make and distribute copies of the Paper for internal purposes. 3. The right to use the material for lecture or classroom purposes. 4. The right to prepare derivative publications based on the Paper, including books or book chapters, journal papers, and magazine articles, provided that publication of a derivative work occurs subsequent to the official date of publication by SPIE. 5. The right to post an author-prepared version or an official version (preferred version) of the published paper on an internal or external server controlled exclusively by the author/employer, provided that (a) such posting is noncommercial in nature and the paper is made available to users without charge; (b) a copyright notice and full citation appear with the paper, and (c) a link to SPIE's official online version of the abstract is provided using the DOI (Document Object Identifier) link. Mary Summerfield Publications Business Development Manager SPIE [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: LibLicense-L Discussion Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 4:09 PM Subject: Re: Harvard Business Review, or, "Ceci n'est pas un abonnement" From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 07:49:54 +0400 Hi All AFAIK, I have to get permission from a publisher to use copies of even MY OWN articles in teaching. But I speak without full knowledge, so, if someone else on this list knows the applicable laws, perhaps you could fill us in on this. Regards Ken Dr. Ken Masters Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics Medical Education Unit College of Medicine & Health Sciences Sultan Qaboos University Sultanate of Oman On 7 January 2012 04:34, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: "Williamson, Lori D." <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 12:55:48 +0000 > > This has been a thorn in my side for years! I think it's appalling. > When used for a class assignment, that IS research purposes. > However, I do abide by it. When making a reserve list of articles for > a professor, I provide a link to the Ebsco database instead of > directly to the article. And I always inform the instructor as to why > we can't post the article in hopes that if enough of them complain, > HBR might change the policy. > > Lori Williamson > VC/UHV Library > > -----Original Message----- > From: LibLicense-L Discussion Forum > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 4:20 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Harvard Business Review, or, "Ceci n'est pas un abonnement" > > From: Mark Muehlhaeusler <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:53:19 -0500 > > Dear all, > > You may be aware of the ongoing attempt, by Harvard Business Review, > to limit the use of their articles in teaching. Their terms of use, as > posted at the end of each publisher's PDF state: > > "Academic licensees may not use this content in electronic reserves, > electronic course packs, persistent linking from syllabi or by any > oher means of incorporating the content into course resources. [...] > Harvard Business Publishing will be pleased to grant permission to > make this content available through such means. For rates and > permission, contact [log in to unmask]" > > ... the reason being, that HBR would like to generate a profit twice > (or more) for the same content, by re-selling these materials through > XanEdu (God forbid that students may actually use the library to read > a journal!). Please see HBR's response below. > > In other words, our subscriptions are not intended to be subscriptions > in the full sense of the word. I believe that this practice raises > serious issues, as it trikes at the core of the Academic library's > mission, to support both research and teaching. > > I would like to hear from the subscribers to this list how HBR is > handled at their institutions, and indeed if any of you have engaged > and confronted HBR on this issue. > > With my best wishes for the new year, > > Mark Muehlhaeusler > > Director, Copyright and Rights Management Georgetown University > Library