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> government authors not electing to transfer agree to assign an exclusive publishing and distribution license

Can you issue a DMCA based on this type of clause? I wonder if they have issued DMCAs for documents falling under this?



Yes, copyright consists of five main rights which can be transferred or licensed separately. These are:

- to produce copies or reproductions of the work and to sell them

- to create derivative works

- to perform or display the work publicly

- to sell or assign these rights to others

- to transmit or display by radio or video

So assigning Elsevier your right to (only) publish the work is legitimate.




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