Clause 12
This incredibly overreaching clause covers all kinds of creators, though it is aimed primarily at writers.
This clause is incredibly overreaching, asking the author to give up too much.
CLAUSE TEXT:
In order that [journal] may disseminate the WORK to the fullest extent, the author(s) hereby irrevocably grants, assigns, conveys, and transfers exclusively to the [journal]the copyright in the WORK identified herein (including but not limited to figures, tables, artwork, abstracts, or summaries submitted with the WORK), under all laws, treaties, and conventions throughout the world in all forms, languages, and media now or hereafter known or developed without limitation in consideration of the publication of the WORK in [journal].
EXPLANATION:
This is a contract for publication of an article in a scholarly journal. It grants the publisher all rights to the work, in any language, throughout the world, in any media available now or created in the future. The author receives no compensation other than publication of the work in the journal.