Terms and Conditions

• Copyright consists of a variety of rights in original works of authorship, as protected under copyright laws. Copyright does not protect ideas, but rather the particular form (referred to here as a “Work”) in which those ideas are expressed.
• The rights protected by copyright include the right to reproduce the Work, to prepare derivative works based on the original Work, to distribute copies to the public, and to perform or display the Work publicly.
• Under current law, the Author's copyright exists from the moment a Work is fixed in a tangible medium of expression. It is not necessary to register a copyrighted
• Work, although certain advantages can be obtained by such registration.
• When Works have potential commercial value or may otherwise have potential benefit to the public, the Institutions may be able to license them to third parties that may develop and market them in products or services, in exchange for royalties or other benefits to the Institution and its Members.
• Members shall own the copyright in Academic Works and any Works they create that do not constitute Supported Works.
• Members are cautioned that if components of their Works are prepared by others, under copyright law those components may be preexisting Works subject to the copyright ownership of others, or the joint effort to create the Work may render all contributors joint Authors of the entire Work.
• With respect to any Work no part of which is owned by an Institution, theindividual Author shall generally be free under this Policy to take any action at his or her own initiative and expense, and to keep all royalties and other proceeds, provided that the Author must first have met any applicable disclosure and other requirements of this Policy.