Common use of Subvention Clause in Contracts

Subvention. Payment made to a publisher by an academic institution, scholarly society, foundation, or other entity to support the publication of scholarly works. Commonly used to support first books by new authors, works that are heavily illustrated, or scholarship that was costly to produce. However, subventions can also be used to offset the full cost of production in order to make scholarly works free to read. Third-party claims Legal action taken by an entity not party to the original agreement (e.g., not the author or publisher). Examples of third party claims relevant to academic publishing include copyright infringement of someone else’s work, libel, defamation, etc. Work for hire Under US copyright law, “work for hire” or “work made for hire” is a technical term which describes works subject to copyright protection that are made by an employee in the scope of their employment. In this situation, the employee does not hold the copyrights to the work.