### AUTHORISATION AND WAIVER FOR PUBLICATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN COLLECTIVE WORKS

I the undersigned …………………………………………………..………... born in ............................ on ........................... resident in ........................................ in street/square .......................................... no. ........ Postcode ................. tel. .................... e-mail ....................................

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# DECLARE under my own personal responsibility:

- § that I am the author of the work entitled ....................................... [indicate the title of the work] (hereinafter "Contribution") and that I request its publication through the services offered by the Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna (hereinafter "University") through the University digital library - AlmaDL (hereinafter "Website" for brevity);
- § that I wish to publish the contribution as part of a collective work entitled .......................................................... [indicate the name of the collective work in which you wish to publish: journal, series, conference proceedings etc.] (hereinafter the 'Collective Work') to ensure its maximum dissemination and visibility;
- § that I have the legal power to sign this document and to authorise the University to lawfully publish, reproduce, disseminate and make available the Contribution to the public;
- § that I have acquired, from the legitimate owners, the authorisations necessary for signing this deed and have the full availability of the rights for any reason claimed by the legitimate owners, including any other co-authors (including intellectual property rights, copyrights and related rights, image rights, rights relating to cultural assets and related reproductions pursuant to the legislation in force and/or other third party rights);
- § that I guarantee and expressly undertake to indemnify and hold the University harmless of any possible claims, disputes, liabilities, actions and/or requests of third parties, including reasonable legal fees, concerning the availability and/or legitimate exercise of the rights themselves, the publication, reproduction and making available to the public of the Contribution in the Collective Work and/or the content of the Contribution itself;
- § that I have provided in full to the Department and/or the University the data required for the publication of the Contribution in the Collective Work and guarantee that these are true and will be promptly updated, undertaking to indemnify and hold the University harmless of any possible disputes, liabilities, claims, actions and/or requests of third parties regarding the data provided;
- § that I accept the General Terms and Conditions of Use of the AlmaDL Services Websites and - where applicable - the terms and conditions of use of the individual service;
- § that I have taken full and careful note of and to accept the manner and form of publication, including the licence for use, of the Contribution and the level of accessibility provided for the Contribution;
- § in particular that I accept that my Contribution will be published and licensed through the University services under the terms of the Creative Commons licence ......................... [give the chosen licence for the Collective Work];
- § that I am aware that the University:
- a) shall not subject the Contribution to any verification of its content with a view to its publication, communication and making available to the public through the Website;
- b) shall not adopt any technological measures to protect the Contribution made available to the public through the Website, including, but not limited to, anti-access or anti-copy measures;
- c) will not be liable towards the author/copyright holder for copyright infringements or violations of other rights to the Contributions, which are committed via the Website or result from the Service users’ access to the Website; likewise, the University will not be required to bring a legal action on behalf of the author for copyright infringements or violations of other rights to the Contributions;
- d) will not be liable for any delays in the publication, communication and dissemination of the Contribution through the Website, for access disruptions or data losses due to unforeseen circumstances or to maintenance and technical upgrades,
- e) can change, terminate even without notice or make the Services offered through the Website unavailable at