The situation in which authors own copyright is generally linked to considerable efforts in the form of correspondence and recordings and often results in unnecessary delays. While this may seem trivial for some applications, a good scientific journal, which publishes exciting work, can expect several hundred applications per year; A task of this magnitude can become cumbersome. On the other hand, if the Journal holds the copyright, applications, value judgments and authorizations can be dealt with quickly to the satisfaction of all parties involved. Therefore, critics[28] argue that copyright in scientific research is largely ineffective in its proposed use, but that it has also been wrongly acquired in many cases, and that in practice it is contrary to its fundamental purpose of protecting authors and other scientific research. Plan S requires authors and their respective institutions to retain copyrights to articles without transferring them to publishers; also supported by OA2020. [Note 4] The researchers found no evidence of the need for a transfer of copyright for publication or, in all cases, where a publishing house exercised copyright in the best interests of the authors. Although one of the publishers` arguments in favour of copyright transfer is that they allow them to defend authors against copyright infringement, [Note 5] Publishers can assume this responsibility even if copyright remains in the hands of the author, as is the policy of the Royal Society. [Note 6] Since copyright is a personal property right, state law applies to any transfer of copyright, including estates, licences and transfers. Critics have argued that the copyright transmission agreement in the field of commercial scientific publishing “is as important as ensuring long-term asset management that it is a matter of providing services to the academic community,” because the practice seems to give the publisher a subsidy that does not seem to benefit the authors.
[14] Copyright transfer agreements are often at odds with or appear to be at odds with self-archiving practices[15] because of ambiguous language. [16] 2.3 The publisher may transfer all or part of the rights granted to it under clauses 2.1 and 2.2 to third parties or license third parties for the use of rights to which it is entitled.