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'Work for hire' Licence to Publish / Copyright (Employer owns the copyright)

Modified on: Fri, 5 Jul, 2024 at 3:55 PM

If you do not own the rights to your contribution to an article because the paper derives from a work conducted within your employment, a non-standard licence agreement is required. 


In this “work for hire” case, the employer is the Rights Holder and owns the copyright.


Please request a Non-Standard Copyright. 


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