What if the publisher refuses to accept the Addendum?
Please send an email to Science Commons with the name of the journal, the Addendum you attached, and the reasons for rejection. We are collecting empirical evidence on the use of such Addenda for our ongoing work in this area. If the publisher refuses to publish your article under the terms of the Addendum, you have some choices to make. Under copyright law, you, the author, have the exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, display, perform, and make derivative works from your article. The publisher needs a signed agreement from you for the publisher to obtain any or all of these exclusive rights. If the publisher does not sign the Addendum but publishes the article anyway, the Addendum specifies that such publication is an acceptance of the terms of the Addendum. If the publisher refuses to sign the Addendum and refuses to publish the article unless you sign the publisher’s agreement without the Addendum, you have to make a decision about whether this is the right publisher for you.
