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Scholarly Publishing and the Law: Copyright, Contracts, and Why You May Need a Lawyer!

Scholarly Publishing and the Law: Copyright, Contracts, and Why You May Need a Lawyer!
The law impacts scholarly publishing in important ways, particularly with regard to contracts and copyright issues. This session will give you a better understanding of these aspects of the law, why they’re important, what to be on the lookout for, and why you might need professional legal advice. Topics addressed will include: contract formation, contract terms, contract termination, copyright ownership and protections, rights conveyed between author and publisher, protecting rights and consequences of copyright infringement, licensing, copyright and AI-generated content, avoiding pitfalls, and when to call an attorney. There will be ample time for a Q&A session with the panel, which includes scholarly publishing professionals and attorneys.
Publication Date
May 2025

47th Annual Meeting (2025)

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Although every year in the scholarly publishing ecosystem is a balancing act of innovation, optimization, and value creation, 2025 is shaping up to be particularly challenging as the pace and scale of change is accelerating more than we’ve ever seen before. There is increasing pressure to provide value to and to meet the incredibly diverse needs of the global research community while maintaining financial health for our own organizations, living our values, and continuing to protect the scholarly record. With AI, open access, integrity, and mistrust frequently dominating the conversation, we are in the midst of an unprecedented shift in both our industry and society as a whole. As always, the SSP community continues to focus on bringing together academics, funders, librarians, publishers, service providers, technologists, researchers and countless others with a communal interest and stake in disseminating scholarly information. We look to the 47th Annual Meeting as an opportunity to continue this tradition and welcome all colleagues and community stakeholders.