Original Subject: RE: Final Detials -- Chapter for Linguistic and Cultural
   Online Communication Issues in the Global Age

>To: "St-Amant, Kirk" <kirk.st-amant@ttu.edu>, <agarwalv@purdue.edu>,
> <afaiola@iupui.edu>, <eflocedu@yahoo.com>, <she@csusm.edu>,
> <Marc.Hermeking@t-online.de>, <Y.Ibrahim@brighton.ac.uk>,
> "Kelly, Kendall" <kendall.kelly@sbcglobal.net>,
> <k.remtulla@utoronto.ca>, <remtulla@mail.utm.utoronto.ca>,
> <F.Sudweeks@murdoch.edu.au>, <lobster@bipolardream.com>,
> <bathatch@nmsu.edu>, <flat@uga.edu>, <treeves@uga.edu>

>Dear Kirk and Anthony,
>I am sure that this contract is standard, but being standard does not
>make something right for everybody.
>I will forward any response from Cardicis which is not copied to you
>I would draw your attention to a document I found when considering my
>initial response to Kirk
>http://www.mediachannel.org/views/oped/bookcontract.shtml
>It's an opinion, it's about money, and it was published in February 2000.
>I would also point out to Anthony that, under the terms of that
>contract if he has signed it, he cannot "send [his paper] to a
>journal for peer review." because all rights would belong to the
>publisher of this collection.
>Deirdre
>
>
>At 11:31 30/07/2006, St-Amant, Kirk wrote:
> >Dear Deirdre,
> >
> >Thank you for your email and for your honesty in relation to the
> >"Author's Warranty and Transfer of Copyright Agreement" provided by
> >the publisher. I appreciate your forthrightness.
> >
> >I apologize for the offense caused by this document. It was not my
> >intention to offend, and my understanding was that this item is a
> >standard contractual agreement between authors and publishers of
> >edited texts. I apologize if I was mistaken in this assumption, and
> >I will email the publisher to see if individual authors can
> >negotiate different ownership agreements related to submitting
> >chapters for this collection. I will then share the response I
> >receive with contributors to this collection.
> >
> >Also, please do not think your efforts in drafting an essay for this
> >collection were I vain. Rather, you now have a peer-reviewed
> >article that would be a strong entry for such publication as
> >
> >Journal of Computer Medicated Communication (see
> >http://jcmc.indiana.edu/issues.html)
> >
> >New Media and Society (see http://newmediaandsociety.com/ and
> >http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal200834)
> >
> >IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication (see
> >http://www.ieeepcs.org/activities_publications_transactions.php)
> >
> >and I encourage you to consider submitting your essay to such
> >journals for publication consideration.
> >
> >Also, I too am curious to learn how other members of the CARDICIS
> >list perceive this "Author's Warranty and Transfer of Copyright
> >Agreement," for I believe these insights would be valuable. Would
> >you mind forwarding me responses you receive to your posting?
> >
> >Again, I apologize for any offense caused by the "Author's Warranty
> >and Transfer of Copyright Agreement," and I appreciate your time and
> >effort related to producing a draft entry for the edited collection.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >Kirk
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Deirdre Williams [mailto:deirdrewilliams2000@yahoo.co.uk]
> >Sent: Sun 7/30/2006 9:20 AM
> >To: St-Amant, Kirk; agarwalv@purdue.edu; afaiola@iupui.edu;
> >eflocedu@yahoo.com; she@csusm.edu; Marc.Hermeking@t-online.de;
> >Y.Ibrahim@brighton.ac.uk; Kelly, Kendall; k.remtulla@utoronto.ca;
> >remtulla@mail.utm.utoronto.ca; F.Sudweeks@murdoch.edu.au;
> >lobster@bipolardream.com; bathatch@nmsu.edu; flat@uga.edu; treeves@uga.edu
> >Cc: cardicis@funredes.org
> >Subject: Final Detials -- Chapter for Linguistic and Cultural
> >Online Communication Issues in the Global Age
> >
> > > As part of the final phase of production on the book project
> >"Linguistic and Cultural Online Communication Issues in the Global Age," I
> > > would ask that you please complete and return the following four
> >(4) items:
> >
> > > 1. Signed "Author's Warranty and Transfer of Copyright Agreement"
> >(form attached). In the case of multiple authors, ALL authors must
> > > sign (though not all authors have to sign the same form).
> >...
> >
> >Dear Kirk,
> >We have just reached the parting of the ways because I cannot and
> >will not sign the contract that you sent. I am copying this to
> >everyone, including the CARDICIS list where I first read the call for
> >chapters last October, as I would be interested to know how other
> >people think about this. I have attached a copy of the contract for
> >the benefit of CARDICIS members.
> >
> >Had the terms of this contract been made available at the beginning
> >of the project I could have saved myself a considerable amount of
> >time and trouble. I undertook the work in good faith. What I did was
> >voluntary, and I was perfectly willing to allow you free use of my
> >work. Let me be quite clear - this is NOT about money. I was not
> >expecting any payment.
> >
> >What I was also not expecting was a situation in which the publisher
> >is asking me to relinquish all rights to my work in return for the
> >possibility the work may (not will) be published, and for the
> >"professional recognition obtained by the publication" which may then ensue
> >
> >My chapter is about information sharing, about how the ethos of the
> >internet can be tapped to their benefit by researchers trying to
> >locate information. I believe that this is a "common good" which
> >researchers should be aware of and should use. However to sign the
> >contract you sent, considering the material covered by the contract,
> >would be an obscenity.
> >
> >Deirdre Williams,
> >St Lucia, West Indies.
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