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Author and publisher rights for academic use: an appropriate balance
This position paper was issued in an effort to create a more balanced understanding of the actual rights policies in place at most journals, and in the hope of tempering the often overheated rhetoric regarding the role of copyright in scholarly communication. Issued by the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM), the Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Publishing division (AAP PSP), and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP).