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Rights of authors and permissions granted by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute regarding the copyright of articles, copying of articles, and the posting of articles to the Web are specified.

Copyright

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute publishes Earthquake Spectra. Articles appearing in the journal will be copyrighted by EERI, which reserves all rights to the published articles. No claim is made to original U.S. Government works. Transfer of Copyright Agreement is required for all articles published in Earthquake Spectra.

Copying

Single copies of individual articles may be made for private use or research. Authorization is given (as indicated by the Item Fee Code for this publication) to copy articles beyond the use permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law, provided the appropriate copying fee of $23 per copy per article as of September 2006 is paid to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Persons desiring to photocopy materials for classroom use should contact EERI or the CCC Academic Permissions Service.

Authorization does not extend to systematic or multiple reproduction, to copying for promotional purposes, to electronic storage or distribution, or to republication in any form. In all such cases, specific written permission from AIP must be obtained.

Note: Copies of individual articles may also be purchased online via the DocumentStore service.

Permission for Quoting and Printing

Permission is granted to quote from the journal with the customary acknowledgment of the source. To reprint a figure, table, or other excerpt, by anyone other than the authors of the article, requires the written permission of EERI.

Web Posting Guidelines

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) grants to the author(s) of papers submitted to or published in Earthquake Spectra the right to post and update the article on the Internet according to the following guidelines.
Published articles posted on another Web site must include:

1. The full journal citation for the published article,
2. A Web link to EERI' s official online edition of the abstract published in Earthquake Spectra Online, and
3. The following copyright notice;

Copyright (year) Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

Articles posted on e-print servers must use only author prepared and /or formatted files, but not files prepared by EERI or its vendors. No such restriction applies to files posted on an author's personal web page.

Procedure for Creating Links to your Article

To create a link to an article in Earthquake Spectra Online, you need to know the journal code, the volume number and the starting page number. The general format for the URL is http://link.aip.org/link/?jrn/vol/page where

EQS is the 3 letter journal code for Earthquake Spectra Online
vol is the volume number, and
page is the starting page number of the article.

Example: To link to M. J. Kane et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 943 (2000).

The URL is:
http://link.aip.org/link/?apl/76/943
The HTML link is:
<A HREF="http://link.aip.org/link/?apl/76/943">M. J. Kane et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 943 (2000)</A>

The Link would appear as:
M. J. Kane et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 943 (2000)

Requests for Permission

Requests for permission to reproduce articles or components as specified above should be addressed to:

Editor, Earthquake Spectra
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
499 14th Street, Suite 320
Oakland, CA 94612-1934
FAX: 510-451-5411
Telephone: 510-451-0905
E-mail: Spectra@eeri.org

Before publication of an article this transfer agreement must be signed and returned to: Editor Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934; Telephone 510-451-0905; FAX 510-451-5411; e-mail Spectra@eeri.org.

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