Clause 49

This clause is incredibly overreaching, asking the author to give up too much.

CLAUSE TEXT:

The Author hereby grants and assigns the entire copyright in the Article to The Law School (“The Law School”) for its exclusive use. The Law School shall be the sole proprietor of the copyright, consisting of any and all rights of whatever kind or nature now or hereafter protected by the copyright laws of the United States and of all foreign countries, in all languages and in all forms of communication,including, but not limited to, books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, and any current or future electronic medium or data storage system. The Law School, through itself or others, shall have the right to publish the Article in all languages and in all forms of communication.

The Law School grants the Author the right to reprint the Article in any book of which the Author is the author or editor, subject to the Author’s giving credit in the book to the original publication of the Article in the Publication. Such credit shall include the original copyright notice as it appears in the Publication.

EXPLANATION:

This agreement requires the author to assign all rights in the work to the law school which publishes this journal. The only right the author retains is the right to publish the article as part of a book which she authors or edits.