Module 2: Publishing Agreements - Copyright Assignment is a Transfer of Copyright

Most journals require transfer of copyright before publication. This means you no longer own your copyright. A copyright assignment is a transfer of copyright.

Another example - this is from a Taylor & Francis agreement:

ARTICLE PUBLISHING AGREEMENT – COPYRIGHT ASSIGNMENT
ASSIGNMENT OF COPYRIGHT
1. In consideration of the publication of your Article and subject to the provisions
of the accompanying publishing agreement information form, you assign to us with full
title guarantee all rights of copyright and related rights in your Article. So that
there is no doubt, this assignment includes the assignment of the rights (i) to
publish, reproduce, distribute, display and store the Article worldwide in all forms,

formats and media now known or as developed in the future, including print, electronic
and digital forms, (ii) to translate the Article into other languages, create
adaptations, summaries or extracts of the Article or other derivative works based on
the Article and all provisions elaborated in 1(i) above shall apply in these respects,
and (iii) to sub-license all such rights to others.

For the full example agreement: http://journals.taylorandfrancis.com/edmgr/TaylorandFrancisCopyrightForm/TaylorandFrancisCopyrightForm.pdf Links to an external site.