Copyright
When you publish a book or a paper, many publishers will ask you to transfer all copyrights in the work to them. But that is not always to your advantage. When you assign copyright to publishers, you lose control over your scholarly output. Assignment of copyright ownership may limit your ability to incorporate elements into future articles and books or to use your own work in teaching. Others at GA Tech might be forced to pay to use the material in their teaching.- Understanding Copyright
Seven Points to Understand About Copyright, UC Office of Scholarly Communication
Copyright Management Center , Indiana University
SURF: Copyright Management for Scholarship
Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy - Copyright Resources for Authors
Seizing the Moment: Scientists' Authorship Rights in the Digital Age, M.S. Frankel, Report of a Study by the American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association for the Advancement of Science
SPARC: Copyright Resources for Authors
Creative Commons: a nonprofit organization that offers flexible copyright licenses for creative works
BioMed Central Copyright Policies
BioMed Central Copyright and license agreement
PLoS Open Access License
ProQuest/UMI - Copyright Law and Graduate Research: New Media, New Rights and Your New Dissertation