A request concerning transfer of copyrights of previously published articles
International Society of Histology and Cytology and its predecessor, the publishers of "Archivum histologicum japonicum", are promoting to digitally archive all previously published materials starting from the inaugural issue and make it freely available to the public via the internet without charge or other restrictions. The archive will be placed on J-STAGE, operated by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. In moving forward with this project, the society needs to obtain permission from copyright holders (Japanese Copyright Law Articles 21-28).
With regard to the articles published prior to 1981 in Volumes 1-44 in which ownership of the copyrights is unclear, the society would like to obtain the reproduction rights (Japanese Copyright Law Article 21) and the public transmission rights (Japanese Copyright Law Article 23) from the copyright holders in order to promptly make the electronic archives public for use by researchers. Copyright holders who wish not to grant the reproduction and public transmission rights to the society, are requested to contact the society at the address noted below before August 15th, 2008. In the event the society is not contacted, the matter will be processed as though the permission has been granted.
Please note that the copyright transfer being requested at this time is for the purpose of making AHC electronically available to the public, and thus, authors will be allowed to use the materials without permission for their own research purposes.
Archives of Histology and Cytology, Editors
Yasuo Uchiyama and Tatsuo Ushiki
International Society of Histology and Cytology
c/o Division of Microscopic Anatomy and Bio-imaging,
Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
1 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
Tel. 81-25-227-2062
Fax. 81-25-224-1767
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