Over the past few years, as the ANTS team has publicized the project at different conferences and venues, a number of questions have come up regarding copyright and intellectual property issues. Below are some frequently asked questions about copyright, ANTS, and other collaborative projects.

Question: Is it okay to use screenshots of subscription databases or vendor logos in my project?
Answer: ANTS has never been contacted directly by database vendors with orders to cease and desist from using screenshots of subscription database or vendor logos, nor are we aware of any such cases within the profession. ANTS tutorials are developed to elucidate the value and quality of the resource(s) being highlighted, and as such, we believe our tutorials help increase the name recognition and usability of vendor supplied subscription sources (i.e. free publicity for the vendor's products!)

Question: As the creator/author of a tutorial, do I surrender copyright when I submit a tutorial to the ANTS project?
Answer: No, as the creator/author of a tutorial submitted to the ANTS project you retain your rights as the copyright holder. All tutorials submitted to the ANTS project are disseminated under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license. This license indicates that the creator/author of the work will allow for certain uses of the work so long as the specified criteria are met. As creator/author you may request to have materials removed from the project at anytime.