4M ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT LICENCE AGREEMENT

The following Defined Terms will apply: -

Article / The article named below together with any supplemental tables, illustrations or other information contained in the Conference presentation which is used to explain the Article.
Association / The 4M Association, care of the University
Conference / The 4M International Conference on Multi-Material Manufacture (4M/IWMF2016), Lyngby, Denmark, 13th-15th September 2016
Parties / The Association, and The University
Permitted Purpose / to publish the Article on any website controlled by the Parties and for paper or electronic copies to be downloaded by third parties upon a free basis;
to sub-licence the Article to third parties so that the Article may be placed upon websites controlled by such third parties and for paper or electronic copies to be downloaded by other third parties upon a free basis;
to sub-licence the exclusive publishing and marketing rights in the Article (with a right to sub-licence)to publish it, in combination with any other Articles presented at the Conference only, by print and electronicallyor in any other medium currently available or will be made available in future and to disseminate that combined work world-wide
University / The University of Birmingham, with its principal place of business at Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT
Secretariat / Acting on behalf of The Parties, Afif Batal, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT

The 4M Association requires a formal licence of all Articles to be published at the Conference.

The University of Birmingham (“The University”), which operates the Association on behalf of its members, also requires a formal licence of all Articles to be published at the Conference, for the purpose of conducting the Association’s business.

If you are content to grant a licence to the Parties, sign this Agreement in the space provided and submit it with the Article (as described below) no later than 4th of July 2016to the Secretariat Afif Batalat the email address:

The Article

Article Title:
Author(s)
Copyright Owner(s)
(if different from Author)

The Article will be published at the Conference and subsequently used to disseminate the knowledge generated by the Conference.

The Copyright Owner warrants that: -

  • it owns the copyright in the Article;
  • the Article submitted is original and has been written by the stated Authors;
  • the Article contains no libellous or unlawful statements and does not contain any materials that violate any personal or proprietary rights of any third person or entity; and
  • it has obtained written permission from copyright owners of any excerpts from copyrighted works that are included and have credited the sources in the Article.

The Copyright Owner[1] hereby grants to the Parties a non-exclusive, royalty-free, licence in the Article for the Permitted Purpose.

Signed:
Name:
Position:
Company:
Date:

[1] In the event that there is more than one Copyright Owner, each must execute this form.