[Air-l] Re: conference paper availability

[Nancy Baym]

>but here is another question related to this issue that jumps into my
>mind:
>as far as i know, in fiction writing (at least up to 4-5 years ago), if
>you post a story you've written online, even if it is only your home
>page, it is legally considered to be published. That means it is
>copyrighted; but it also means any publication of that story in a
>journal or anthology would legally be a reprint, which most publishers
>and journals are reluctant to do. Is this the same with regards to
>academic articles posted, say, in conference archives?

We looked into this when we created the paper archive and it is our 
understanding that so long as the papers' accessibility is restricted 
(in our case, only members), archives such as ours are not 
publications and do not therefore preclude publication in journals 
and other venues. This is different from a homepage which can be 
accessed by anyone. This is another reason we've not made the 
archives publicly accessible. If any of you have legal/publishing 
expertise on this topic and would like to affirm, correct, or clarify 
that would be great.

Thanks for raising the point, Reuven.

Nancy

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