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Author & Contributor License Agreement

All authors publishing material in American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (“AIC”) printed, online, and electronic publications (“Publication”), on any platform, agree to this license by submitting their content for publication.

Please note that if the material was prepared within the scope of your employment as an employee of an organization other than AIC, you confirm that you have the consent of your employer to participate.

The author of the submitted material (the “Work”) agrees as follows:

1. Grant of Rights. a.) I grant the AIC (collectively, the “Publisher”) a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to include the Work in the Publication. I further grant the Publisher the right to reproduce the Work in its final published form in any medium now known or hereafter discovered, including, without limitation, searchable archives and databases, in each case in the context of promoting the scholarly mission of the Publisher. I understand that original layout and formatting may be altered in any subsequent use, though content will not be modified and (subject to the provisions of Section 1(b)) the Work will be presented in its entirety. I further understand that the Publisher will allow me to read and correct proofs or drafts of the Work, but I agree that the Publisher shall have sole discretion whether to publish the Work. b.) In addition, I grant the Publisher a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to (i) create, have created and authorized third parties to create and own abstracts of the Work (each, an “Abstract”), and (ii) publish and authorize third parties to publish any such Abstract (including any Abstract I provide to AIC), in each case in any form and in any medium now known or hereinafter discovered.

2. Underlying Ideas. I understand, and the Publisher acknowledges, that I retain my rights in the original ideas, data and analyses reflected in my Work, and that I may freely discuss and develop them in other contexts. I agree that if I later use or present similar or related materials, including excerpts from the Work itself, I will not in any way designate them as, or indicate that they are or were, endorsed, sponsored, or approved by the Publisher or otherwise associated with the Publisher.

3. Publicity. I grant the Publisher the right to use my name, username, biographic material, voice, portrait, and likeness for the purpose of publicizing the Work, pursuant to the rights granted above, where applicable in this Publication.

4. Compensation. Unless explicitly agreed otherwise, I waive any and all compensation from the Publisher for the grant or exercise of the rights granted above. I waive any "moral rights" that I might otherwise have in the Work or any works derived there from.

5. Warranties. I represent and warrant that nothing in my Work violates or infringes any copyrights, trademarks, patents, or other property rights or personal rights of others, and either that: (a) I am the sole author and owner of all rights in the Work, including all materials included in the Work; or (b) to the extent my Work includes materials that are not original to me, or in which all rights are not owned by me, I have obtained all written consents necessary for Publisher to exercise all rights to the Work granted above. I further represent and warrant that none of the material included in the Work has been previously published, or if it has been previously published, in whole or in part, that I have obtained all written consents necessary for Publisher to exercise all rights in the Work granted above. If all necessary consents are not provided, Publisher may refuse to publish my Work or may require me to modify the Work to remove any materials not written by me or owned by me.

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