Re: L.Rev (C) Release

On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Mark Lemley <mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> On 10/25/1999, John Kasdan <kasdan[_at_]columbia.edu> wrote:
> >
> > 3. Grant of Rights. The Journal shall have the exclusive worldwide
> > rights of first publication, and of republishing and authorizing the
> > republication, of the Article in the English language, in any and
> > all media now known or later developed, including but not limited to
> > computerized storage and retrieval systems such as Lexis and Westlaw
> > legal research systems, the Internet, and CD-ROM. The Author shall
> > have the right to grant the non-exclusive right of republication of
> > the article in any language other than English, after first
> > publication in the English language by the Journal. (Other stuff
> > about attribution and publicity.)
>
> I wouldn't sign it.

Me neither. When I was editing a journal, we obtained first-publication rights, and the right to license to Lexis, Westlaw, etc. Copyright was retained by the author.

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