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by jessriedel 5285 days ago
> Elsevier's stated position is that publishing the manuscript version is not copyright infringement.

Do you have a link to a place where Elsevier states this explicitly?

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http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/preprin...

"Elsevier is liberal with respect to authors and electronic preprints. Unlike some publishers, we do not consider that a preprint of an article (including a prior version as a thesis) prior to its submission to Elsevier for consideration amounts to prior publication, which would disqualify the work from consideration for re-publication in a journal. We also do not require authors to remove electronic preprints from publicly accessible servers (including the author's own home page) once an article has been accepted for publication."

manuscript ~= preprint more or less in publishing speak

"What rights do I retain as a journal author*? [...] the right to post a pre-print version of the journal article on Internet websites including electronic pre-print servers, and to retain indefinitely such version on such servers or sites for scholarly purposes" [1]

[1] http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/rights