This is the first of three 'must read' papers based on a survey of academics regarding copyright and self-publishing (the next two are immediately below). This first paper looks at the relation between authors and publishers. Authors, it turns out, appear to be more interested in the 'intellectual' rather than the 'property' side of intellectual property. That is probably why so many assign copyright to publishers, though many do so reluctantly. Publishers, meanwhile, offer a hodge-podge of justifications for taking copyright, but of course, the primary reason is to "protect from copyright infringement."
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