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Arts and Culture Journal of the Lower Moon River
ISSN 2822 - 0617 (Online)
ISSN 2822 - 1141 (Print)

Published by The Office of Arts and Culture, Surindra Rajabhat University, Thailand
Date: ………………………………...
Contributor name: …………………………………
Contributor address: ………………………………..
Manuscript entitled: ………………………………..

(the “Contribution”) for publication in (the “Arts and Culture Journal of the Lower Moon River”)
published by (“The Office of Arts and Culture, Surindra Rajabhat University”)
LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR PUBLISHING: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Dear Contributor(s):

Thank you for submitting your Contribution for publication. In order to expedite the editing and publishing process and enable The Office of Arts and Culture, Surindra Rajabhat University to disseminate your Contribution to the fullest extent, we need to have this Copyright Transfer Agreement executed. If the Contribution is not accepted for publication, this Agreement shall be null and void. Publication cannot proceed without a signed copy of this Agreement.

All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles. Permitted reuse is defined by your choice of one of the following user licenses:

A. TERMS OF USE
1. The Contribution will be made open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ which permits to use, share, and distribute the work in any medium or format, provided that the Contribution is properly cited, is suitable for creators who want to share their work freely but restrict its commercial use and prevent any alterations.
2. The Owner (The Office of Arts and Culture, Surindra Rajabhat University) reserves the right to require changes to the contribution, including changes to the length of the contribution, as a condition of acceptance. The Owner (The Office of Arts and Culture, Surindra Rajabhat University) reserves the right, notwithstanding acceptance, not to publish the contribution if for any reason such publication would in the reasonable judgment of the Owner (The Office of Arts and Culture, Surindra Rajabhat University), result in legal liability or violation of journal ethical practices. If the Owner (The Office of Arts and Culture, Surindra Rajabhat University) decides not to publish the contribution, no article processing charge (APC) or any other fee shall be charged. After the official rejection, the contributor is free to submit the contribution to any other journal from any other publisher.

B. RETAINED RIGHTS
The contributor or, if applicable, the contributor's employer, transfer the copyright to the publisher but the author and each co-author retains all proprietary rights other than copyright, such as patent rights, in any process, procedure or article of manufacture described in the Contribution.

C. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
In the case of a contribution prepared under Thai government contract or grant, the Thai government may reproduce, without charge, all or portions of the contribution and may authorize others to do so.

D. COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Owner (The Office of Arts and Culture, Surindra Rajabhat University), the contributor and the company/institution agree that any and all copies of the contribution or any part thereof distributed or posted by them in print or electronic format as permitted will include the notice of copyright as stipulated in the journal and a full citation to the final published version of the contribution in the journal as published by The Office of Arts and Culture, Surindra Rajabhat University.

E. CONTRIBUTOR'S REPRESENTATIONS
The contributor represents that : the contribution is the contributor’s original work, all individuals identified as contributors actually contributed to the contribution, and all individuals who contributed are included;
1. if the contribution was prepared jointly, the contributor has informed the co-contributors of the terms of this agreement and has obtained their signed written permission to execute this agreement on their behalf as their agent;
2. the contribution is submitted only to this journal and has not been published before, has not been included in another manuscript, and is not currently under consideration or accepted for publication elsewhere;
3. if excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, the contributor shall obtain written permission from the copyright owners;
4. the contribution and any submitted supporting information contain no libelous or unlawful statements, do not infringe upon the rights (including without limitation the copyright, patent or trademark rights) or the privacy of others, do not breach any confidentiality obligation, do not violate a contract or any law, or do not contain material or instructions that might cause harm or injury, and only utilize data that has been obtained in accordance with applicable legal requirements and journal policies;
5. there are no conflicts of interest relating to the contribution, except as disclosed. Accordingly, the contributor represents that the following information shall be clearly identified on the title page of the Contribution: (i) all financial and material support for the research and work; (ii) any financial interests the contributor or any co-contributors may have in companies or other entities that have an interest in the information in the contribution or any submitted supporting information.

F. USE OF INFORMATION
The contributor acknowledges that, during the term of this agreement and thereafter (for as long as necessary), the owner (The Office of Arts and Culture, Surindra Rajabhat University) may process the contributor’s personal data, including storing or transferring data outside of the country of the contributor’s residence, in order to process transactions related to this agreement and to communicate with the contributor, and that the publisher (The Office of Arts and Culture, Surindra Rajabhat University) has a legitimate interest in processing the contributor's personal data. By entering into this Agreement, the contributor agrees to the processing of the contributor’s personal data (and, where applicable, confirms that the contributor has obtained the permission from all other contributors to process their personal data). The publisher shall comply with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations relating to data protection and privacy and shall process such personal data in accordance with privacy, copyright & license at https://so07.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/acj/copyrightlicensing

I agree to the COPYRIGHT TRANSFER AGREEMENT as shown above, consent to execution and delivery of the Copyright Transfer Agreement electronically and agree that an electronic signature shall be given the same legal force as a handwritten signature, and have obtained written permission from all other contributors to execute this Agreement on their behalf.

Contributor's signature (type name here): …………………………………..
On behalf of all authors Date: …………………………………..