Is sharing research articles illegal?
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Is sharing research articles illegal?
The publisher may allow a limited amount of scholarly sharing, or the fair use exception may allow Diane to share the article for educational and scholarly purposes. However, Diane should avoid sharing copyrighted articles systematically and widely.
Are research papers protected by copyright?
There are two sides to copyright in academic research and publication: Your rights in the copyrighted works you are creating, such as dissertations, scholarly articles, and books. The rights of other authors or creators in the copyrighted works you are using.
Can I share a research paper?
If the article is open access from the journal publisher, you can share it publicly or private. If it is not open access from the publisher, share the article privately, otherwise it is considered as violation of copyright. If the publisher grants open access to your article there is no need to ask him for permission.
Can I share an accepted manuscript?
You can easily share your article with your colleagues (and other individuals) in private communications such as email. You can always post your preprint on a preprint server. Additionally, for ArXiv and RePEC you can also immediately update this version with your accepted manuscript.
For further information on publisher sharing policies click here. For further information on Creative Commons licenses see the website or FAQs.
Most publication agreements allow for some form of sharing, even if only a preprint—you might or might not be able to post it for free online, but you can at least share via email.
Who owns the copyright of the research paper?
The first owner of copyright to a work is generally the original creator or author of the work. There are, however, some exceptions to this rule. In some countries, for example, the economic rights to a copyright work initially rest with the person/organization employing the creator.
As such, every research paper, or draft thereof, is copyright protected the moment it is saved to a hard drive. That copyright, in turn, limits how others can use that paper.
Should scientific publishing be based on copyright?
But while neither approach is perfect, both approaches are built upon copyright, either using it to restrict access or having researchers pay to remove most copyright restrictions. In the end, scientific publishing is a business and no matter the model a publisher chooses, that business is based on copyright.
Can I copy and paste a figure from a journal article?
Generally, both the author (s) and the publisher hold the copyright for journal articles. If you want to copy and paste a figure (which is a creative work) directly from their paper to your paper/book, you will request written permission from the authors or from the journal (as you would need to do if it is 60 years out).
Together, the Berne Copyright Convention and the GATT treaty allow U.S. authors to enforce their copyrights in most industrialized nations and allow the nationals of those nations to enforce their copyrights in the U.S. When can I use a work without the author’s permission?