Table 3 : Standards for requesting the use of copyrighted articles etc.

publihsed in the IEICE Publications

Basic policy on use of articles

Effective as of April 2,2012

In the following table, it is presumed that (i) the articles will be used after the date of publication, (ii) that they will not be used for profit, and (iii) that their use will not unfairly infringe on the IEICEs interests. Requests must be submitted
in all cases where articles are used for profit. Decisions on whether or not to permit for-profit use will be made by the copyright administration committee. Requests for use are also unnecessary when articles are used within the scope
defined by the Japanese Copyright Law (article 30 (copying for personal use), article 32 (quotations), article 35 (copying at educational establishments), etc.).

Example

Applicant

Scope of use

Own paper, full

text

Author

Server or electronic media such as CD-ROMs

and DVDs of an organization to which the
author belongs
Printed version
Author's own personal server or electronic
media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs

Printed version

The organization's server or electronic media

such as CD-ROMs and DVDs

For the IEICE Transactions Japanese and English For the Journal of the IEICE, Proceedings of the IEICE
edition (*5)
General / Society Conference, etc.
Period in which
use is possible

After publication

Organization to
which the author
belongs

10

Author's paper,
full text

Printed version
Author's paper,
partial text
(figures, etc.)

11

The organization's server or electronic media

such as CD-ROMs and DVDs

After publication
(*3)

13

Third party other

than the author or
the organization to
which the author
belongs

A,B,C,E

A,C

After publication

Conditions of use

Period in which
use is possible

Conditions of use

A,B,C

After publication

After publication

Currently under review

A,C

After publication
(*3)

After publication
(*3)

A,B,C,D
After publication

A,C

Currently under review

After publication

A,C,D

A,C,D

A,C,D

A,B,C,D,E,F (Approval granted

under the following conditions
after submission of written
application)

A,B,C,D,F (*4)(Approval granted

under the following conditions after
submission of written application)

Currently under review

Printed version
The third party organization's server or
electronic media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs

6 months after
publication

Printed version (*3)

After publication
Required

Authors paper,
partial text
(figures, etc.)
14

Period in which
use is possible

A,B,C,D,E
Not required if the
conditions on the right
are satisfied

Authors paper,
full text
12

Conditions of use

IEICE Technical Report

Not required if the

conditions on the right
are satisfied (*2)

Own paper, partial Server or electronic media such as CD-ROMs

text (figures, etc.)
and DVDs of an organization to which the
author belongs

Written application to
IEICE

Author's own personal server (*1) or electronic

media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs

Medium of use

The third party organization's server or

electronic media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs

6 months after
publication

Printed version (*3)

After publication

Condition A: Indication of copyright (e.g. Copyright 2012 IEICE)

Condition B: Mentioned in publishers PDF version (including those made by scanning published prints), not in authors final version
Condition C: Indication of source (e.g., authors name, document title, name of journal, volume/issue/page number, publication date, etc.)

A,C,D,F (Approval granted under

the following conditions after
submission of written application)
A,C,D,F (Approval granted
under the following conditions
after submission of written
application)

After publication

After publication
A,C,D,F (*4)(Approval granted
under the following conditions after
submission of written application)

A,C,D,F (Approval granted

under the following conditions
after submission of written
application)

A,C,D,F (Approval granted under

the following conditions after
submission of written application)
Condition D: Authors consent
Condition E: Link to IEICE Transactions Online top page
Condition F: Indication of authorization number

*1: A personal server is defined as a server where the author is allowed to upload and delete files without the consent of others. The servers of university laboratories and business laboratories are regarded as the servers of organizations.
*2: In examples 4, 5 and 6, permission may sometimes be granted before publication.
*3: In examples 1-6, when a paper has joint authorship, the authors are requested to communicate with each other to avoid problems after the article has been used.
*4: We publish the Journal of the lEICE and Proceedings of the IEICE Society / General Conference by DVD or by CD-ROM for institutional subscriber, when a institutional subscriber purchase it and send the enclosed "Consent Form" to the IEICE Headquarters Office, members of the institute can
browse the contents in a local area network or by file-sharing on the LAN of the institute.
*5: Including "IEICE Electronics Express", "Nonlinear Theory and its Applications, IEICE", "IEICE Communications Express".