This policy does not apply to any materials included within a research article that are provided by third-party copyright holders. Research articles published under a CC BY or CC BY-ND licence can include third-party materials (such as images, photographs or maps) that are subject to a more restrictive licence, or no licence at all.
Permission should be secured from rights holders to include third-party material, where necessary, in a manuscript or publication which will be available under an open licence.
It is important when including third-party content in any work to clearly indicate the copyright status of that content, usually with a caption accompanying the item, or list of credits at the end of the work, which acknowledges the copyright holder and the terms under which the material is shared. For example:
[NAME OF IMAGE], © [RIGHTSHOLDER (YEAR)], all rights reserved. Permission for re-use should be sought from the rights-holder.
The OApen Books Toolkit provides helpful advice around this issue.
If a third-party copyright holder requires their content to be redacted from an AAM made available under an open licence, then an author should contact us to discuss whether redacting that material would be appropriate (preferred option - access can help a reader easily evaluate if the work will be useful to their needs and then be directed to the published version), or if an opt-out form the policy would be required.
