Copyright Statement

Journal of Cyber Law is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA-4.0) license. Authors retain the copyright to their work. Users may read, copy, and distribute the work in any medium, provided the authors and the journal are appropriately credited.

License to Publish

1. License

The non-commercial use of the article will be governed by the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (CC-BY-SA-4.0) as currently displayed on the Creative Commons website. Without prejudice to the foregoing, the author hereby grants Journal of Cyber Law the exclusive license for commercial use of the article according to sections 2 through 8 below, throughout the world, in any form, in any language, for the full term of copyright, effective upon acceptance for publication.

2. Author’s Warranties

The author warrants that the article is original, written by the stated author(s), has not been published before, contains no unlawful statements, does not infringe the rights of others, is subject to copyright vested exclusively in the author, and is free of any third-party rights. Any necessary permissions to quote from other sources have been obtained by the author(s).

3. User Rights

Under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, the author(s) and users are free to share (copy, distribute, and transmit) the contribution.

4. Rights of Authors

Authors retain the following rights:

  • Copyright and other proprietary rights related to the article, such as patent rights.
  • The right to use the substance of the article in future works, including lectures and books.
  • The right to reproduce the article for personal purposes, provided the copies are not offered for sale.
  • The right to self-archive the article.

5. Co-Authorship

If the article was prepared jointly with other authors, the signatory of this form warrants that he/she has been authorized by all co-authors to sign this agreement on their behalf and agrees to inform co-authors of the terms of this agreement.

6. Termination

This agreement may be terminated by the author or Journal of Cyber Law with two months’ notice if the other party has materially breached this agreement and failed to remedy the breach within a month of receiving notice. No breach of this agreement will cause this agreement or any license granted within it to terminate automatically or affect the definition of Journal of Cyber Law.

7. Royalties

This agreement entitles the author to no royalties or other fees. To the extent legally permissible, the author waives the right to collect royalties in respect of any use of the article by Journal of Cyber Law or its sublicensee.

8. Miscellaneous

Journal of Cyber Law will publish the article (or arrange for its publication) in the journal if the article’s editorial process is successfully completed, and Journal of Cyber Law or its sublicensee has an obligation to publish the article. Journal of Cyber Law may conform the article to its preferred style of punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and usage. The author acknowledges that the article may be made publicly accessible free of charge for readers. Journal of Cyber Law may sublicense the rights granted under this agreement.