if you retained the copyright, yes you can republish it. or if it became public domain then it could be republished.
Yes, altering an image does not automatically remove its copyright. The original creator still holds the copyright to the altered image.
Copyright in the project itself is held by Michigan State University, but individual journals and their articles retain their original copyrights.
Yes, under US copyright laws, creative works of authorship by officers or employees of the federal government have no copyright, making them public domain. However, not everything published by the US government was created by the federal government and other authors or publishers may retain copyright ownership. For example, an author could license the US to publish something or the US could contract to have some work created, where the independent contractor owns the copyright.
Literary worksare automatically protected by copyright as soon as they are fixed in a tangible medium (i.e. written down); depending on their contracts with the publishers, authors may or may not retain copyright in the works.
help a publication retain integrity and publish content that advances the field of science
It depends on who created the images. Most government published documents and photos are automatically in the public domain because they are taxpayer funded. In some cases however they will hire private photographers who will retain the copyright to future use of their pictures.No- NASA hold's copyright
It encourages creativity by allowing creators to retain the value of their works.
Sure. The copyright owner of something can do with it as he or she pleases, and if that means giving copies away for free, that's fine.
Often professional photographers retain the copyright to pictures they take so it is technically illegal to make your own copies. Stores like Wal-Mart sometimes adopt policies to prevent any complaints about aiding copyright infringement. Your options include trying other stores, buying copies from the original photographer, or getting the original photographer to sign a release allowing copies to be made.
You would want an agreement with the manufacturer specifying that you retain copyright in the design. Then once you are using it in trade, register it with the trademark office.
Yes he/she does retain the copyright. Just because something is given away doesn't mean that the author gives up his/her intellectual property rights.
By definition, the author of a creative work owns the copyright of that work until it has been legally transferred to others. As a general rule, wiki only acquires a license of the rights, not the ownership. The original author would retain the right to (a) withdraw any license as permitted and (b) enforce any rights not licensed or effectively transferred.