What are the conditions for deposit and publishing of files in Federation.figshare?
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Items may only be deposited where at least one author/creator has a formal association with the University. This includes, but is not limited to, academic staff, researchers, Higher Degree by Research candidates, and research or teaching affiliates.
All authors/creators must consent to the deposit and publication of the item/s.
Deposit of items in the repository is by non-exclusive agreement and the author is free to publish or link to any version of the work elsewhere.
The author/creator must hold the copyright in all files added into the repository.
If the repository receives proof of copyright violation, the relevant item will be removed immediately as per the Copyright and Takedown Procedure.
All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is available under a CC0 licence. Anyone may access the metadata free of charge, including both not for profit and commercial re-users.
All published files are available free of charge to other users subject to the license selected by the author/creator.