Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Licensing

1. Introduction

Magistra Andalusia: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra (MAJIS) is committed to the responsible management, protection, and dissemination of intellectual property arising from scholarly research and publication.

This policy establishes the principles governing intellectual property, copyright, publishing rights, licensing, third-party materials, prepublication, self-archiving, plagiarism, text recycling, and the use of the journal's intellectual property.

MAJIS is a fully open-access journal. Published articles are made freely available to readers and are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. The journal's published articles currently identify Magistra Andalusia: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra as the copyright holder and state that authors grant the journal a non-exclusive right to distribute their work under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

This policy is intended to provide clear information to authors, readers, reviewers, editors, librarians, repositories, and other users regarding the ownership and permitted use of materials published by MAJIS.

The policy has been developed with reference to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Core Practice on Intellectual Property and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. COPE states that journals should clearly describe policies concerning copyright, publishing licences, Creative Commons licences, authors' rights to archive their work, and permissions for copyrighted third-party material.

This policy does not constitute or imply COPE approval, certification, or endorsement of MAJIS.

2. Description

2.1 Intellectual Property

Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind that may receive legal protection or be subject to contractual or other rights.

In scholarly publishing, intellectual property may include:

written manuscripts;
literary and artistic works;
scholarly analyses;
photographs;
illustrations;
tables;
figures;
translations;
audiovisual materials;
datasets;
software and code;
digital humanities resources;
research instruments;
textual corpora;
original databases; and
other original materials submitted to or published by the journal.

2.2 Copyright

Copyright is the legal protection afforded to original works of authorship.

Copyright may concern both the scholarly article itself and materials incorporated into the article, including literary excerpts, photographs, illustrations, archival reproductions, translations, tables, figures, and other third-party materials.

The copyright status of the article does not automatically determine the copyright status of every material incorporated into it.

2.3 Publishing License

A publishing license is permission granted by the relevant rights holder allowing a journal to publish, reproduce, distribute, and communicate a work to the public under specified conditions.

MAJIS uses a publishing arrangement under which its published articles are distributed under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. The journal's published article pages state that authors grant MAJIS a non-exclusive right to distribute their work under that license.

2.4 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0

The Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license permits users to:

share the material by copying and redistributing it in any medium or format;
adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material; and
use the material for lawful purposes, including commercial purposes,

provided that the applicable attribution and ShareAlike requirements are respected.

Users must:

give appropriate credit;
provide a link to the license;
indicate whether changes were made; and
distribute adaptations under the same license where the ShareAlike requirement applies.

The exact legal terms of the license govern its application.

2.5 Third-Party Copyrighted Material

Third-party material is material incorporated into a manuscript that is owned or controlled by someone other than the authors or MAJIS.

Examples include:

literary excerpts;
photographs;
illustrations;
artwork;
archival documents;
maps;
tables;
figures;
previously published translations;
extended quotations;
screenshots;
audiovisual materials; and
research instruments.

Authors are responsible for determining whether permission is required before such material is reproduced or adapted.

2.6 Open Access

MAJIS publishes its scholarly content on an open-access basis.

Open access means that published articles are made available to readers without subscription or pay-per-view barriers, subject to the rights and conditions established by the applicable license.

Open access does not mean that every element appearing in an article is automatically free of third-party copyright restrictions.

2.7 Prepublication

Prepublication refers to the dissemination of a manuscript or substantially similar work before formal publication in MAJIS.

This may include:

preprints;
institutional repositories;
theses and dissertations;
conference papers;
conference proceedings;
working papers;
personal websites; and
other forms of public dissemination.

MAJIS permits preprints, provided that authors disclose the existence of a preprint at submission and appropriately link the published Version of Record after publication, consistent with the journal's current Publication Ethics policy.

2.8 Self-Archiving

Self-archiving refers to the deposit of an article or an authorised version of an article in a repository, institutional website, personal academic website, or other appropriate platform.

Self-archiving is encouraged where it is consistent with the applicable copyright and licensing terms.

2.9 Plagiarism and Text Recycling

Plagiarism is the presentation of another person's words, ideas, expressions, data, creative work, or other intellectual contribution as one's own without appropriate attribution.

Text recycling refers to the reuse of previously published or disseminated text by an author without adequate acknowledgement, justification, or disclosure.

Not every instance of text overlap constitutes misconduct; however, substantial or misleading reuse may raise concerns about plagiarism, redundant publication, or publication ethics.

2.10 Peer-Review Reports

Peer-review reports constitute intellectual contributions by reviewers.

Because MAJIS uses a double-anonymous peer-review system, reviewer reports are treated as confidential editorial materials.

MAJIS does not publicly reproduce, distribute, or reuse reviewer reports outside the legitimate editorial process without appropriate authorisation or reviewer consent where required.

3. Policy

3.1 Copyright Ownership

For articles published in MAJIS, the journal currently identifies Magistra Andalusia: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra as the copyright holder. This arrangement is reflected in the copyright statement displayed on published MAJIS articles.

Authors must have the authority to grant the rights necessary for publication and must ensure that their submission does not unlawfully infringe the rights of others.

3.2 Publishing License

All articles published by MAJIS are distributed under the:

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.

The license permits users to share and adapt published material subject to the license's attribution and ShareAlike requirements.

The license is intended to facilitate broad scholarly dissemination while preserving attribution and requiring adaptations to remain under the same licensing framework.

3.3 Author Rights

Although the journal is identified as the copyright holder of published articles, authors retain important scholarly and practical rights to use their work in accordance with the applicable publishing agreement and CC BY-SA 4.0 licensing framework.

Authors may, subject to applicable rights and agreements:

share their published work;
use the work in teaching;
use the work in academic presentations;
include the work in a thesis or dissertation where applicable;
deposit the published article in an appropriate repository;
cite and discuss their own work;
incorporate appropriate portions into subsequent scholarly works; and
otherwise reuse the work consistently with the applicable license and copyright arrangements.

Authors must provide appropriate attribution to the original MAJIS publication when reusing or redistributing the published article.

3.4 First Publication

By submitting a manuscript, authors acknowledge that, if accepted, MAJIS will publish the article as the journal's Version of Record.

Upon acceptance, the authors must agree to the journal's applicable publishing and licensing terms.

The publishing arrangement grants MAJIS the necessary rights to publish and distribute the article.

3.5 Attribution to MAJIS

When an article published by MAJIS is subsequently shared, reproduced, or reused, users should provide an appropriate scholarly citation containing, where available:

author name(s);
article title;
journal title;
volume and issue;
publication year;
page or article number;
DOI or permanent URL; and
applicable license information.

The attribution should not imply that MAJIS or the authors endorse a subsequent adaptation or use unless such endorsement has been expressly given.

3.6 CC BY-SA 4.0 Requirements

Users of MAJIS content must comply with the terms of CC BY-SA 4.0.

At minimum, users must:

provide appropriate attribution;
identify MAJIS as the original publication venue where appropriate;
provide a link to the original publication or DOI where reasonably possible;
provide a link to the CC BY-SA 4.0 license;
indicate if changes were made; and
apply the ShareAlike requirement to adaptations where required by the license.

Users must not impose additional legal or technological restrictions that prevent others from exercising rights granted by the applicable Creative Commons license.

3.7 Third-Party Materials

The CC BY-SA 4.0 license applied to a MAJIS article does not automatically extend to third-party materials that are separately protected by copyright or other rights.

Authors must identify third-party materials appropriately.

Where required, the manuscript should contain a credit line specifying:

the copyright holder;
source;
license;
permission status; or
applicable copyright exception.

3.8 Permission to Reproduce Copyrighted Material

Authors must obtain permission before reproducing third-party copyrighted material when permission is required by applicable law.

This may apply to:

substantial literary quotations;
complete poems or song lyrics;
photographs;
artwork;
tables;
figures;
archival reproductions;
copyrighted translations;
screenshots;
audio;
video; and
other protected material.

Authors should not assume that academic or non-commercial use automatically eliminates the need for permission.

3.9 Copyright Exceptions

Authors may rely on an applicable copyright exception where permitted by the relevant law, such as quotation, criticism, review, education, research, or another applicable exception.

The applicability of a copyright exception depends on the jurisdiction and circumstances.

MAJIS does not provide legal advice to authors and does not determine the legal validity of a claimed copyright exception on behalf of the author.

Where there is reasonable uncertainty, authors should seek permission from the relevant rights holder or obtain appropriate legal or institutional advice.

3.10 Literary Quotations

Because MAJIS specialises in literary studies, manuscripts may necessarily contain quotations from literary works.

Authors should:

quote only the amount reasonably necessary for scholarly analysis;
identify the source accurately;
distinguish quotation from the author's own text;
provide complete bibliographic information;
comply with applicable copyright law; and
obtain permission where required.

Particular caution should be exercised when reproducing substantial portions of copyrighted literary works, complete poems, song lyrics, or other works where the quotation may exceed an applicable copyright exception.

3.11 Translation Rights

Authors who publish translated passages must ensure that they have the right to reproduce the translation.

If an author creates the translation themselves, the author should clearly identify it as the author's translation where relevant.

If a previously published translation is reproduced, the author must respect the copyright and licensing terms governing that translation.

3.12 Photographs and Visual Materials

Authors are responsible for securing appropriate rights to photographs, illustrations, artworks, screenshots, and other visual materials included in their manuscripts.

Where an identifiable person appears in an image, authors should also consider privacy and consent requirements under the journal's Ethical Oversight Policy.

3.13 Archival Materials

Authors using archival materials must comply with:

copyright;
archive access conditions;
donor restrictions;
reproduction restrictions;
privacy requirements; and
other applicable terms established by the custodial institution.

Permission to access an archival document does not necessarily constitute permission to reproduce it in a publication.

3.14 Oral and Cultural Materials

Authors working with oral literature, cultural expressions, community materials, or other culturally sensitive works should consider:

copyright;
customary rights;
attribution;
community expectations;
cultural protocols;
consent;
access restrictions; and
applicable legal protections.

Intellectual property considerations should be addressed together with the journal's Ethical Oversight Policy.

3.15 Data, Corpora, and Digital Materials

Where an article uses a corpus, database, digital archive, software, dataset, or other digital research material, authors must comply with the relevant terms of:

copyright;
database rights where applicable;
licensing;
access conditions;
institutional agreements; and
third-party terms of use.

Authors should provide appropriate attribution and persistent identifiers where available.

3.16 Plagiarism

MAJIS considers plagiarism a serious breach of intellectual property and publication ethics.

Authors must ensure that:

words taken from another source are appropriately quoted;
ideas and arguments are appropriately attributed;
translations are acknowledged where applicable;
images and other creative materials are credited;
sources are cited accurately; and
the manuscript represents the authors' own scholarly contribution.

Potential plagiarism will be handled under the journal's Allegations of Misconduct and relevant COPE procedures.

3.17 Text Recycling

Authors should disclose substantial reuse of their own previously published material.

Text recycling may be acceptable in limited circumstances where:

the reuse is necessary;
the source is appropriately acknowledged;
the reuse does not mislead readers about originality; and
the publication does not represent substantially redundant material as new.

Substantial or undisclosed overlap may constitute a publication-ethics concern.

3.18 Redundant and Duplicate Publication

Authors must not submit or publish substantially the same article in multiple journals simultaneously.

Closely related publications should be disclosed to the editor at submission.

If a manuscript builds substantially on a previously published work, authors should:

identify the previous publication;
explain the relationship;
cite the earlier work; and
clearly identify the new scholarly contribution.

3.19 Preprints

MAJIS permits prepublication in the form of recognised preprints.

Authors must disclose the existence of a preprint during submission.

After publication, the preprint record should be updated, where technically possible, to include:

the final article citation;
the MAJIS DOI; and
a link to the Version of Record.

MAJIS's current Publication Ethics policy expressly states that preprints are allowed and should be disclosed at submission.

3.20 Theses and Dissertations

Prior inclusion of substantially similar material in a thesis or dissertation does not automatically constitute plagiarism or duplicate publication.

However, authors should disclose relevant prior dissemination when requested by the journal and ensure that the manuscript represents a legitimate scholarly publication rather than undisclosed duplicate publication.

Where the thesis or dissertation is publicly accessible, authors should provide appropriate acknowledgement where relevant.

3.21 Conference Papers and Presentations

Presentation of preliminary research at an academic conference does not necessarily prevent subsequent submission to MAJIS.

However, substantially published conference proceedings may raise issues of prior publication or duplicate publication.

Authors must disclose relevant prior publication or dissemination where appropriate.

3.22 Copyright of Peer-Review Reports

Reviewer reports are confidential editorial documents.

MAJIS will not publish or redistribute peer-review reports without appropriate authority or consent.

Reviewers should not reproduce or publicly distribute confidential manuscripts or their own review reports in ways that breach confidentiality or applicable rights.

3.23 Reviewer Use of Manuscripts

Reviewers must treat manuscripts received for review as confidential.

Reviewers may not:

reproduce substantial portions of a manuscript;
use unpublished ideas for their own research;
distribute the manuscript;
upload confidential manuscript content to unauthorised third-party services; or
use the manuscript for purposes unrelated to peer review.

These requirements operate alongside MAJIS's Peer Review Process and Generative AI Policy.

3.24 Copyright in Editorial Materials

Editorial correspondence, decision letters, reviewer reports, and other internal editorial materials are confidential and should not be publicly reproduced without appropriate authorisation.

3.25 Journal Name, Logo, and Branding

The name Magistra Andalusia: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra (MAJIS), its logo, website design, and other distinctive journal branding may constitute intellectual property or protected institutional materials.

Such materials must not be used in a manner that:

falsely suggests endorsement;
creates confusion concerning affiliation;
misrepresents the journal;
implies an official partnership that does not exist; or
otherwise misleads authors or readers.

Scholarly citation of the journal's name is not prohibited.

3.26 Editorial Independence

Editorial decisions should be based on scholarly, ethical, and editorial considerations rather than commercial exploitation of intellectual property.

3.27 Publication Fees and Intellectual Property

Any publication charges applicable to MAJIS are separate from the copyright and licensing status of published articles.

Payment of an applicable publication fee does not determine editorial acceptance.

Likewise, copyright and licensing arrangements do not alter the journal's peer-review standards.

4. Technicalities to Achieve and Materialise the Policies

4.1 Copyright and License Statement on Published Articles

Each published MAJIS article should clearly display:

the applicable copyright statement;
the applicable Creative Commons license;
the CC BY-SA 4.0 license designation;
a link to the license; and
the DOI or permanent identifier of the article.

The license information should appear in both the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

This approach is consistent with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice, which state that copyright holders should be identified on published articles and that licensing terms should be displayed on both HTML and PDF versions.

4.2 Recommended Article Copyright Statement

The following standard statement may be used on MAJIS articles:

Copyright: © The Author(s) / Magistra Andalusia: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra, as stated in the journal's publishing agreement.
License: This article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.

Editorial note: The exact copyright-holder wording should remain consistent with the journal's legally adopted publishing agreement. MAJIS's current published articles identify the journal as the copyright holder, so the wording should not be changed to "authors retain copyright" unless MAJIS formally changes its copyright arrangement.

4.3 Author Publishing Agreement

Before publication, authors should confirm that:

they have authority to submit the manuscript;
all co-authors have approved publication;
the manuscript is original or appropriately attributed;
necessary third-party permissions have been obtained;
publication will not infringe third-party rights;
relevant prior dissemination has been disclosed; and
the authors agree to the applicable MAJIS copyright and licensing terms.

4.4 Third-Party Permission Documentation

Where permission is required, authors should retain documentation containing, where applicable:

name of rights holder;
description of material;
scope of permitted use;
publication permission;
medium;
territory;
duration;
applicable conditions; and
attribution requirements.

MAJIS may request evidence of permission before publication.

4.5 Credit Lines

Third-party material should include an appropriate credit line.

For example:

Source: [Author/Creator], [Title], [Publisher/Repository], [Year]. Used with permission.

Or, where the material is openly licensed:

Source: [Creator], [Title], licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes made by the author.

The precise wording should reflect the rights holder's requirements.

4.6 Repository and Self-Archiving

Authors may share and archive their published MAJIS articles consistently with the CC BY-SA 4.0 license and the journal's Repository Policy.

Where a version of record is deposited elsewhere, authors and repositories should retain:

the original article citation;
the DOI;
a link to the MAJIS publication;
the applicable license; and
clear identification of the article version.

4.7 Preprint Version

Where a preprint exists, authors should identify it during submission.

After publication, authors should update the preprint record where possible to indicate:

This article has been published in Magistra Andalusia: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra. The Version of Record is available at [DOI].

4.8 Copyright Review During Editorial Processing

During editorial processing, the journal may assess:

whether substantial third-party materials are included;
whether permission appears necessary;
whether credit lines are present;
whether the manuscript contains extensive previously published material;
whether prior publication has been disclosed; and
whether copyright concerns could prevent lawful publication.

4.9 Originality Screening

MAJIS currently states that submitted work is screened for plagiarism.

Where substantial overlap is identified, the editorial team may:

request an explanation;
compare the relevant sources;
request revision;
reject the manuscript; or
initiate a publication-ethics investigation where appropriate.

4.10 Suspected Copyright Infringement

Where MAJIS receives a credible allegation that published material infringes copyright, the journal may:

assess the allegation;
contact the relevant author;
request evidence of rights or permission;
contact the rights holder where appropriate;
temporarily restrict access where legally necessary;
correct attribution or licensing information;
remove or replace infringing material where justified; or
take further editorial or legal action where necessary.

4.11 Copyright Complaints

identification of the allegedly infringing material;
identification of the rights holder;
explanation of the rights claimed;
relevant article title;
DOI or URL;
evidence supporting the claim; and
contact information for the complainant.

The journal may request additional information before taking action.

4.12 Licensing Errors

If an article has been published with an incorrect license statement, MAJIS may correct the licensing metadata and, where appropriate, publish a correction notice.

The correction should be clearly documented and linked to the affected article.

4.13 Changes to Copyright or Licensing Terms

Any material change to MAJIS's copyright or licensing arrangements should be:

approved through the journal's appropriate governance process;
clearly documented;
communicated to authors;
reflected in the Author Guidelines;
reflected in the publishing agreement; and
applied consistently to new publications.

Changes should not be imposed retrospectively on previously published articles without a legitimate legal or contractual basis.

5. Responsibilities

5.1 Authors

Authors are responsible for:

ensuring originality;
appropriately citing sources;
respecting copyright;
obtaining required permissions;
identifying third-party materials;
providing accurate attribution;
disclosing prior publication and preprints;
complying with applicable licensing terms;
ensuring that their submission does not infringe third-party rights; and
responding to copyright or intellectual-property queries.

5.2 Corresponding Author

The corresponding author is responsible for coordinating copyright and licensing matters among co-authors.

The corresponding author should ensure that all authors understand and accept the journal's applicable publishing terms.

5.3 Editors

Editors are responsible for:

ensuring that copyright and licen