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Who Owns Scholarly Work? Copyright and Open Access Online
Speaker: Dave Hansen, Executive Director, Author’s Alliance
Who owns the copyright in scholarly work has been one of the most confusing, yet most important, legal questions in the move toward open access. While the answer might seem like it should be obvious (“authors!”), the reality is that layers of university copyright policies, copyright’s “work for hire” doctrine, publisher copyright transfer agreements, and funder licensing requirements make this a complex issue. This session will address how these different layers of rights, copyright transfers, and licenses affect the ability of authors and their institutions to make their works available openly as well as emerging issues such as AI usage of scholarly works and how open licensing and copyright can support or inhibit those uses.
- Date:
- Wednesday, June 4, 2025
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://sparcopen-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/prBPkf9_Qm-s9M2m6q00Wg
- Audience:
- Faculty Staff
- Categories:
- Subject Enhancement