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ACSSubcommitteeonCopyrightKeyPrinciplesofCopyrightforChemists

KeyPrinciplesACSSubcommitteeonCopyright,March20062Copyrightisexclusivelegalrighttoreproduce,publish,andsellthematterandformofliterary,musical,orartisticwork.Copyrightprotectsoriginalformsofexpression,notideas.Copyrightisdifferentfrompatents.They’regovernedbydifferentrulesandregulations.Youautomaticallyowncopyrightwhenyoucreateanoriginalwork,“fixedinanytangiblemediumofexpression,fromwhich[it]canbeperceived,reproducedorotherwisecommunicated.”(U.S.CopyrightLaw,Title17,U.S.Code,Section102),unlessyoudidtheworkforhire.(“Workforhire”meansyoudiditaspartofyouremploymentoryouwerecommissionedtodoit.)Mostoftheseideasaretakenfromthepamphlet“AreYouUpToDateOnCopyrightIssues?”;AmericanChemicalSociety,Washington,D.C.,2000.

KeyPrinciples(cont.)Mostpublishersregistertheircopyrights;fewauthorsdo.Forinformationonregisteringcopyrights,writeRegisterofCopyrights,LibraryofCongress,Washington,DC20559.Partiesmustagreeinwritingtoacommissionedworkforhire.Copyrightownercanreproduce,preparederivativeworksof,distributecopiesof,transferownership(inwholeorinpart),rent,lease,lend,performpublicly,ordisplaypubliclythecopyrightedwork.Youcangrantnonexclusiverightsorexclusiverights.Youmusttransfercopyrightbyawrittenagreement.

KeyPrinciples(cont.)Forauthoredwork,copyrightlastsforlifeofauthorplus70years.Forcommissionedworksandworksmadeforhire,copyrightlasts95yearsfrompublicationor120yearsfromcreation,whicheverisshorter.Acurrentworkdoesn’trequireacopyrightnotice,althoughyoumightbenefitfromincludingone.Acopyrightnoticeincludesthesymbol?,theword“Copyright,”theyearofpublication,andthenameofthecopyrightowner.AnexampleofacorrectnoticeisCopyright?2006JohnJ.SmithAwo