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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS COPYRIGHT ASSIGNMENT FORM

This Agreement is made with the National Council on Family Relations. The Agreement is for the Article submitted by you (“Author”) for publication in Journal of Family Theory & Review published by Blackwell Publishing, Inc. on behalf of the National Council on Family Relations, and is referred to in this Agreement as “Article”.

To enable Blackwell Publishing to publish the Article in Journal of Family Theory & Reveiw (“the Journal”), the ownership of copyright must be established. Please read and complete the form below (Section A plus Section B or C, as appropriate) and return one copy to the address given below. There are explanatory notes to this Agreement, which also form part of the Agreement.

The Article cannot be published until this signed Agreement is received by the Journal.

SECTION A: Author’s Warranty (Please PRINT your details)

Name:

Address:

Article title (or provisional Article title):

Names of all authors in the order in which they appear in the Article:

Please check any that apply:

* I am or was a US government employee, and the article is made in that capacity (please see Note 10).

* I am or was a UK, Canadian, or Australian government employee, and the article is made in that capacity (please see Note 10).

In consideration of the publication of the Article in the above Journal, I hereby warrant and undertake:

a. that this Article is an original work, has not been published before and is not being considered for publication elsewhere in its final form either in printed or electronic form.

b. that I have obtained permission from the copyright holder to reproduce in the Article (in all media including print and electronic form) material not owned by me, and that I have acknowledged the source;

c. that this Article contains no violation of any existing copyright or other third party right or any material of an obscene, indecent, libellous or otherwise unlawful nature and that to the best of my knowledge this Article does not infringe the rights of others;

d. that I will indemnify and keep indemnified the Editors, the National Council on Family Relations and Blackwell Publishing against all claims and expenses (including legal costs and expenses) arising from any breach of this warranty and the other warranties on my behalf in this Agreement;

e. that in the case of a multi-authored Article I have obtained copyright assignment from all co-authors, in writing, a copy of which is attached, to enter into this Agreement on their behalf and to bind them to it, and that all co-authors have read and agreed the above warranties;


SECTION B: Copyright Assignment

In consideration of the publication of the Article in the Journal, I hereby assign to the National Council on Family Relations copyright for the full period of copyright and all renewals, extensions, revisions and revivals together with all accrued rights of action throughout the world in any form and in any language (including all media, both now known or later developed). The National Council on Family Relations may assign its rights under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, I retain all proprietary rights other than copyright, such as patent and trade mark rights and rights to any process or procedure described in the Article.

Full detail regarding the assignment of copyright, the management of permissions, and what rights are granted back to the authors can be found on the accompanying Notes, which you agree are fully incorporated into, and form part of, this Agreement.

AGREED:

Author: Signed: Date:

In signing this form, the signee warrants that any authors not signing have granted the signee the power of attorney to do so on their behalf, and that the manuscript submitted has been approved by these authors in the form in which it has been submitted, and that the warranties given above have been read and agreed by all authors.


SECTION C: If copyright in the Article is owned by someone other than the Author

I hereby grant the National Council on Family Relations non-exclusive rights to reproduce and/or distribute this Article (in full or in part) and to publish the same throughout the world in any format and in all languages including without limitation in printed, electronic or other medium on optical disk, transmission over the internet and other communication networks and in any other electronic form, and to authorize others (including reproduction rights organizations such as the Copyright Licensing Agency and the Copyright Clearance Center) to do the same. The National Council on Family Relations may assign its rights under this Agreement.

Title of copyright holder:

This will be printed on the copyright line on each page of the Article. It is the Author’s responsibility to provide the correct information of the copyright holder.

Signed on behalf of copyright holder: Date:

Title/position/address:

In signing this form, the signee warrants that the manuscript submitted has been approved by all authors in the form in which it has been submitted, and that the warranties given above have been read and agreed by all authors.


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PLEASE RETURN A SIGNED COPY OF THIS FORM TO:

(a fax to Fax: 207-581-3120) is acceptable, but the original must follow within 7 days)

Robert M. Milardo, Editor Journal of Family Theory & Review
Child Development and Family Relations
University of Maine
117 Merrill Hall
Orono, ME 04469