SID COPYRIGHT FORM
PUBLICATION TITLE: 2008 SID Digest of
Technical Papers
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PART A - COPYRIGHT TRANSFER
FORM
(NOTE: Company or other forms may not be substituted for this
form. U.S. Government employees whose work is not subject to copyright may so certify by signing Part B below.)
The undersigned, desiring to publish the above paper in a publication of the SID or cosponsored by the SID, hereby transfer their copyrights in the above paper to The Society for Information Display known as the SID.
Returned Rights: In return for these rights, the SID hereby grants
to the above authors, and the employers for whom the work was performed, royalty-free permission to:
1. Retain all proprietary rights other than copyright, such as patent rights.
2. Reuse all or portions of the above paper in other works.
3. Reproduce, or have reproduced, the above paper for the author's personal use or for company use provided that (a) the source and SID copyright are indicated, (b) the copies are not used in a way that implies SID endorsement of a product or service of an employer, and (c) the copies per se are not offered for sale.
4. Make limited distribution of all or portions of the above paper prior to publication.
5. In the case of work performed under U.S. Government contract, the SID grants the U.S. Government royalty-free permission to reproduce all or portions of the above paper, and to authorize others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes.
SID Obligations: In exercising its rights under copyright, the SID will make all reasonable efforts to act in the interests of the authors and employers as well as in its own interest. In particular, the SID requires that:
1. The consent of the first-named author be sought as a condition in granting republication permission to others.
2. The consent of the undersigned employer be obtained as a condition in granting permission to others to reuse all or portions of the paper for promotion or marketing purposes.
In the event the above paper is not accepted and published by the SID or is withdrawn by the author(s) before acceptance by the SID, this agreement becomes null and void.
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PART B - U.S. GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES CERTIFICATION
(NOTE: If your work was performed under Government contract but you are not a Government employee, sign transfer form above and see item 5 under Returned Rights.)
This will certify that all authors of the above paper are employees of the U.S. Government and performed this work as part of their employment and that the paper is therefore not subject to U.S. copyright protection.
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Information to Authors
SID POLICY
The Society for Information Display (SID) distributes its technical publications throughout the world. When a paper is submitted for publication by SID, it is implicit that in accepting it for publication, SID acquires the right to perform certain actions with respect to the paper. These actions may include, but are not limited to, abstraction and translation.
In connection with its publishing activities, it is SID policy to own the copyright of its technical publications in order to protect the interests of the SID, its authors and their employers, and at the same time to facilitate the appropriate re-use of its material by others.
United States copyright law requires that the transfer of copyrights of each contribution offered by an author to SID be confirmed in writing. It is therefore necessary that you complete either Part A (Copyright Transfer Form) or Part B (U.S. Government Employee Certification) and return it to the person indicated on the submission form with your submission.
AUTHOR/EMPLOYER RIGHTS
If you are an employee and you prepared your submission as a part of your job, the rights to your paper rest initially with your employer. In this case SID understands that, when you sign the copyright transfer form, you are authorized to do so by your employer and that your employer has consents to all of the terms and conditions of this form. If you are not so authorized, the form should be signed by a representative of your employer who is so authorized.
RETURNED RIGHTS: Just as the SID requires copyright to be transferred to it so that it is free to conduct its normal business, so it is the intent of this agreement to return rights to the author and employer to grant them similar freedom. If further clarification is required, please contact: The Society for Information Display,
610 S. 2nd Street, San Jose, California 95112, USA. Tel: +1 408 977-1013 Fax +1 408 977-1531. Email:
office@sid.org.
JOINT AUTHORSHIP
For jointly authored papers, only one signature is required, but SID assumes that all authors have been advised of and have consented to the terms of this agreement.
U.S. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
Authors who are U.S. Government employees are not required to sign the Copyright Transfer form (Part A), but any co-authors who are not U.S. Government employees are required to sign it.
Part B of the form is to be used instead of Part A only if all authors are U.S. Government employees and prepared the submission as part of their job responsibilities.
U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACT WORK: Authors whose work was performed under a U.S. Government contract but who are not U.S. Government employees are required to sign Part A. However, item 5 of the form returns reproduction rights to the U.S. Government when so required, even though SID copyright policy remains in effect with respect to re-use of the material by the general
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Thank you for your prompt cooperation.
December 2003
