Case Studies on Copyright & IP

Submitted by Clancy on April 7, 2004 - 00:04.

At CCCC-IP this year, Andrea Lunsford called for detailed case studies of writers' and educators' encounters with copyright law. It occurred to me as I was looking online for citations of articles for my Technical Communication Theory and Research prelims reading list that Davida Charney has posted pdfs of most of her publications on her site, as has Carolyn Miller, which I knew already. I'd be very interested in talking to both of them to find out if they disclosed their posting the articles to the publishers, and if so, how the negotiations went. Anyone have any answers? Do their institutions have any ownership claims on the work now that it's stored on their universities' servers? Have any other scholars in our field done large-scale postings of their bodies of work?

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Who owns what?

Submitted by C. Worth on April 7, 2004 - 08:52.

This question is of interest to me, too.

It seems to me to impinge on thoughts I've had re: the institution as repository of knowledge, rather than proprietary owner of same. I'm sure individual institutions have different policies, but it'd be interesting to see patterns of policy when you compare small, liberal arts schools, for example, with big Research-1 schools and with community colleges.

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rights to post article

Submitted by cel4145 on April 7, 2004 - 19:29.

remember that candace told us in her ip presentation that some of the journals allow posting of articles? can't remember which ones though.

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statement of educational intent

Submitted by Clancy on April 7, 2004 - 22:23.

Yeah, Candace mentioned something about an 18-month limit (does that mean you have to wait 18 months after the article comes out in print before you post it on your site, or that you can have it up on your site for a total of 18 months, but after that you have to take it down?) and a $200.00 fee. But she said that we have more freedom than we realize when it comes to this rule, especially if we include a statement of educational intent with the posted article.



To address your question more directly, Charlie, I think Candace said that some journals (Composition Forum was an example, IIRC) give copyright back to the author--which confuses me a little. The author has copyright, gives it to the journal, then the journal gives it back? After how long?




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