On the basis of «CREATOR principles» previously set by the SoA, demands include that authors should receive «at least» 50 % of the revenue from e-book sales, «not a mere 25 %» they do currently, that authors don't have their «hands tied with contracts that can not be terminated when a book is no longer being exploited»,
for publishers to drop non-compete clauses and
for indemnity clauses, often included to help protect publishers financially against cases brought on the basis of
plagarism and libel, «to spread the risk fairly between the publisher and the author».
With more of us, with ever higher expectations
for reseach writings and with some rather stinky apples being exposed, institutions have had to go to the trouble of providing formal guidelines regarding
plagarism and other forms of (dishonest) misconduct.