Rights to Authors

Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works, unless the authors, as a condition of employment, have agreed to transfer copyright to their employer.

Basic policies for eScholarship are delineated at http:// www.escholarship.org/help_submissions.html. All eScholarship Repository content may be browsed and down loaded at no cost and with no access restrictions. Once an article is published in an eScholarship Repo sitory journal or peer-reviewed series, it may not be removed.

Rights of California Digital Library

The California Digital Library has the right to view and display, store and copy (for p reservation purposes), and distribute all eScholarship Repository content. All eScholarship Repository c ontent may be browsed and downloaded at no cost and with no access restrictions. Once an article is pub lished in an eScholarship Repository journal or peer-reviewed series, it may not be removed.