Comments on: Scribr http://digitalliteracies.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/scribr/ The musings of DrJoolz, interested in new literacies, digital communication and their impact on our world. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:57:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Chris http://digitalliteracies.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/scribr/#comment-411 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:32:55 +0100 http://digitalliteracies.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/scribr/#comment-411 I can understand how that would be useful for you academics. Sorry I haven't been around much lately. I have been around, just in body and not necessarily in spirit. I can understand how that would be useful for you academics. Sorry I haven’t been around much lately. I have been around, just in body and not necessarily in spirit.

]]> by: DrJoolz http://digitalliteracies.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/scribr/#comment-408 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:47:36 +0000 http://digitalliteracies.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/scribr/#comment-408 Ah thanks so much Sheila for explaining that is really kind of you and it is very clear now what I have to do .... I will have a look on the journal website! Ah thanks so much Sheila for explaining that is really kind of you and it is very clear now what I have to do …. I will have a look on the journal website!

]]> by: Sheila http://digitalliteracies.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/scribr/#comment-407 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:35:11 +0000 http://digitalliteracies.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/scribr/#comment-407 (A dull answer) It depends on what contract you signed with the publisher. If you didn't sign any contract handing over rights, then the copyright in the CONTENT is yours to do with as you think fit. However, if the publisher did the layout and design of the article, then they would have copyright in that manifestation of the article. So, withiout asking them, you could put up your own version of the text, but you ought to ask them if you are putting up the version they designed. If you did sign a contract passing on copyright to the publisher, then they have rights in accordance with that. The contracts still vary a lot, and some publishers will be OK if you add something extra or cross something on the contract, and some won't. Usually you can find the standard contract on the publisher's website. That leaves aside the issue of whether the U of Sheffield could claim that "writing academic articles" was part of our job description, as legally, if that is the case, the copyright belongs to them (e.g. salaried journalists' articles belong to the newspaper, freelance journalists own the copyright unless they sign it away). However even in these times Universities are not (mostly) trying to assert that they do have the rights, yet..... Sheila (A dull answer) It depends on what contract you signed with the publisher. If you didn’t sign any contract handing over rights, then the copyright in the CONTENT is yours to do with as you think fit. However, if the publisher did the layout and design of the article, then they would have copyright in that manifestation of the article. So, withiout asking them, you could put up your own version of the text, but you ought to ask them if you are putting up the version they designed. If you did sign a contract passing on copyright to the publisher, then they have rights in accordance with that. The contracts still vary a lot, and some publishers will be OK if you add something extra or cross something on the contract, and some won’t. Usually you can find the standard contract on the publisher’s website.

That leaves aside the issue of whether the U of Sheffield could claim that “writing academic articles” was part of our job description, as legally, if that is the case, the copyright belongs to them (e.g. salaried journalists’ articles belong to the newspaper, freelance journalists own the copyright unless they sign it away). However even in these times Universities are not (mostly) trying to assert that they do have the rights, yet…..

Sheila

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