1. The authors of the accepted papers need to sign a copyright form for the papers accepted by the MES journal.

Obligations of the Author/Editor

The Author/Editor warrants that a) Author is the Author of the Article or, if Editor, Editor has properly and irrevocably acquired without restriction any rights in and to the Article to the extent as stated in clause 2.1.; b) Author/Editor is entitled without restriction to grant such rights to the Publisher; c) the Article is not libellous and does not infringe on any copyrights, performing rights, trademark rights, personal rights or any other third party rights or is otherwise unlawful; and d) the Article or substantial parts thereof have not been published elsewhere. The Author will indemnify the Publisher against any costs, expenses, or damages, including reasonable attorney's fees, which the Publisher may incur or for which the Publisher may become liable due to a breach of the warranties. These representations and warranties will survive the termination of this Agreement and may be extended to third parties by the Publishers.

Retention of Rights

The Author/Editor may deposit an Author-created version of the Article on the Author’s/Editor’s funder’s or funder’s designated repository at the funder’s request or as a result of a legal obligation, provided it is not made publicly available until 2 weeks after publication. The Author/Editor may only post the Article provided acknowledgement is given to the source of publication and a link is inserted to the published Article on the Publisher’s website. The link must accompany the following text: “The final publication is available at www.dline.info. The Author/Editor is requested to use the appropriate DOI for the Article.

Backup Copy

The Author/Editor shall be obliged to retain a backup copy of the manuscript (data file and printout or PDF, as well as copy for illustrations).

Proofreading

Upon receiving the proofs, the Author/Editor agrees to promptly check the proofs carefully, correct any typographical errors, and authorise the publication of the corrected proofs.