Who owns the copyright of articles published in journals?
• The protection sought by publishers in the intellectual property rights that they manage and which form the basis of their return on their investment, is traditionally begun by the process by which they gain by copyright assignment or by licence, certain rights from an author for publication of the author’s work • An author who assigns his or her copyright in an article submitted to a publisher transfers ownership of his or her copyright in that article, usually by way of a written contract • Many publishers accept ‘reserved uses’ within an assignment of copyright, authors often incorporating such terms in their contracts with publishers.
