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Author Addenda

As part of our mission to create tools that empower authors to manage their copyrights on their terms, CC has been working to update its Scholar’s Copyright Project, first launched in June 2006, including the Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine (“SCAE”). This tool has provided a simple mechanism for scholars to retain copyright over their published material that otherwise would be transferred to the publisher. We think it can do much more and be even more impactful. Read more here about our design principles and how you can contribute.

Creative Commons is relaunching and updating the SCAE, and is improving the addendum in two principal respects:

Looking Forward: How to Participate

Through 2018, Creative Commons is accepting comments on its new form of Author Addendum. Please contact us at info@creativecommons.org if you want more information about how to help with this important effort.

This project has been generously funded by Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.