Open Access is all about openly and freely sharing scholarly content. Understanding the rights you have as an author under copyright law is the first step in participating in Open Access, since these right give you the ability to ensure that your content is openly accessible. You own the copyright to your work from the moment you put your finger tips to a keyboard or pen to paper. This includes articles, manuscripts, poems and even blog posts. Copyright owners have the exclusive right to reproduce their work, distribute their work, and publicly perform or display their work.
