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Re: ALPSP creates model Grant of License for journal articles



Then is it not possible to provide specific exclusive rights so that the
author retains other rights?

Lesley

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Oppenheim" <C.Oppenheim@lboro.ac.uk>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: ALPSP creates model Grant of License for journal articles


> Lesley Ellen asked:
>
> >Is it really necessary for the license to be exclusive...what if it were
> >first rights to publish the article, then thereafter non-exclusive rights,
> >so that the author has more room for re-licensing after first publication in
> >any medium?
>
> In UK law, an exclusive licensee has extensive rights to act on behalf of
> the copyright owner that a non-exclusive licensee does not.  I suspect
> this may be at least part of the reason for the exclusivity.
>
>
> Professor Charles Oppenheim
> Dept of Information Science
> Loughborough University
> Loughborough
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>
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