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You own the copyright to your work.
OR
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If you are unsure whether your work meets the above requirements, the information below can help get you started in determining what rights you have to your publications.
Assigning your rights matters: Normally, the copyright holder possesses the exclusive rights of reproduction, distribution, public performance, public display, and modification of the original work. Unless you transfer the copyright to someone else in a signed agreement, as the author of a work you are the copyright holder. An author who has transferred copyright without retaining these rights must ask permission unless the use is one of the statutory exemptions in copyright law.
Transferring copyright to publishers doesn’t have to be all or nothing: The law allows you to transfer copyright while holding back rights for yourself and others!
See the links below to resources that can help you retain rights to your work!
