>Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 20:36:20 +0100 (BST)
>From: Deirdre Williams <deirdrewilliams2000@yahoo.co.uk>
>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
>
>Now I am just completely disgusted and VERY angry.
>If the publisher proposes that the "IGI Fair Use
>Guidelines for Authors" be considered as part of the
>contract, then it should be presented as part of the
>contract, since in several instances it interprets
>parts of the agreement in ways that vary from the
>wording of the contract itself.
>
>
>--- "St-Amant, Kirk" <kirk.st-amant@ttu.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've recently been in touch with the publisher of
> > the edited collection "Linguistic and Cultural
> > Online Communication Issues in the Global Age" and
> > asked about copyright and ownership details related
> > to the company's "Author's Warranty and Transfer of
> > Copyright Agreement." In response, the publisher
> > sent the attached "IGI Fair Use Guidelines for
> > Authors."
> >
> > According to this document, the publisher permits
> > authors to
> >
> > * retain the rights to any intellectual property
> > developed by the author and included in the
> > manuscript including, without limitation, any
> > models, theories, or conclusions formulated by the
> > author (see item 1)
> >
> > * re-print/re-publish materials provided the author
> > first contacts the publisher (see item 4)
> >
> > * publish materials in course packets (I'm assuming
> > packets sold for profit) provided the author first
> > contacts the publisher (see item 5)
> >
> > * post copies of the manuscript to a university or
> > other nonprofit educational institution archive or
> > on the author's personal website, provided that (a)
> > the posted copy includes the IGI copyright
> > information and IGI Website address (see sample
> > below) and (b) prior to posting the manuscript, the
> > author has secured the consent of IGI to such use by
> > submitting the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A"
> > and made a part hereof (see item 3)
> >
> > I hope this attached document is of help, and should
> > anyone have questions related this document or
> > questions for the publisher, please feel free to
> > email me, and I will forward them to the publisher.
> >
> > Thank you all for your time and patience with this
> > process.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > "The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but
> > knowledge"
> > Sir William Arthur Lewis.
> >
> > "Language has always been the perfect instrument of
> > empire."
> > --Antonio de Nebrija, "Gramatica de la
> > Lengua Castellana".
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