Glossary
The glossary is a thorough list of terms that pertain to copyright, publishing, and IPR, as they are related to publishing with IEEE.
Copyright
Copyright is a nearly exclusive right of an author to control the distribution and reproduction of his/her original works (see "Fair Use" below).
Copyright exists the moment a work is first fixed in some tangible, perceptible form.
Copyright protects the expression of an idea, NOT the idea itself.
Copyright Clearance Center
- The CCC does not make photocopies.
- It conveys limited rights to photocopy-users to make and distribute their own copies.
- The CCC's address is 222 Rosewood Dr., Danvers, MA 01923 USA.
CCC Code
The CCC code is constructed as follows:
ISSN or Product Code/volume year/$CCC fee
0741-3106/99/$17.00�
Copyright Form
See
http://www.ieee.org/copyright
for the most recent version of the form.
Crown Copyright
Crown copyright is used only when an author is (or ALL authors are) employed by a Crown government (i.e., British or Canadian). If a paper falls into the Crown copyright category, then the IEEE copyright line is deleted and the following wording is used instead:
�20xx Canadian [or British] Crown Copyright
Fair Use
Fair Use refers to a set of ideas or concepts intended to limit (under specific circumstances) the near-exclusive rights of the copyright owner. However, because Fair Use is a doctrine and not a fixed body of laws, no generally applicable definition is available.
Infringement
Broadly, infringement occurs when a work is reused without the author's/owner's permission, regardless of the fact that the reused work includes full attribution to the original author.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of using someone else's work in such a way as to make it appear as one's own.�
Reprints
- The IEEE Reprints Department sells reprints of IEEE material.
- Many people are interested in making their own reprints or copies.
- All requests for permission to reprint or otherwise reuse IEEE material should be forwarded to the IEEE Intellectual Property Rights Office for response.
U.S. Government Work
U.S. Government Work Not Protected by U.S. Copyright
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