The Indonesia Media Law Review (IMREV), published by Universitas Negeri Semarang, is committed to providing broad and equitable access to scholarly publications in media law and related legal fields. The journal supports the dissemination of legal knowledge to academics, researchers, legal practitioners, students, policymakers, media professionals, and the wider public.
IMREV recognizes that unrestricted access to scholarly publications contributes to the development of legal scholarship, encourages informed public discussion, and facilitates the exchange of knowledge concerning media law, freedom of expression, digital communication, information technology, and related legal issues. Accordingly, the journal adopts an open access policy to make its published research available to readers without subscription fees or individual access charges.
Access Commitment: IMREV provides open access to its published scholarly articles, enabling readers to access, read, and download available content without payment, subject to the journal's applicable copyright and licensing terms.
All articles published in the Indonesia Media Law Review, including articles in current issues and available archives of previous issues, are accessible through the journal's official website without subscription fees. Readers are not required to pay an individual access charge or maintain a paid membership to read and download available full-text articles.
IMREV considers open access an essential means of increasing the visibility of scholarly publications, encouraging academic collaboration, and supporting the development of research and legal discourse in media law and related fields.
Readers may access, read, and download published articles through the journal's online platform for academic, educational, research, professional, and other lawful purposes. Access is not restricted by institutional subscriptions or paid memberships.
The journal seeks to maintain the availability of its published content through its online platform. However, temporary interruptions may occur because of website maintenance, technical problems, or circumstances beyond the journal's control. IMREV will make reasonable efforts to maintain access to its publications.
Open access does not eliminate the obligation to respect copyright, attribution, and licensing requirements. The reproduction, distribution, sharing, and adaptation of articles published in IMREV are governed by the journal's applicable Copyright and License Policy.
Articles published under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) may be shared, reproduced, adapted, and reused, including for commercial purposes, provided that users comply with the license terms. Users must give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and publication source, provide a link to the license, indicate whether changes have been made, and distribute adapted material under the same license.
Readers and other users are responsible for ensuring that their use of published content complies with the applicable license, third-party rights, and relevant legal requirements.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their submitted manuscripts comply with IMREV's requirements concerning originality, copyright, publication ethics, research integrity, and permissions for third-party materials.
Authors who share or deposit their published work in institutional repositories, personal websites, or other scholarly platforms must comply with the applicable copyright and licensing terms. Where appropriate, the original publication in the Indonesia Media Law Review should be acknowledged, together with the relevant article details and publication link.
The journal encourages the responsible dissemination of published research while requiring authors and users to respect the rights of copyright holders and the conditions of the applicable license.
IMREV recognizes the importance of maintaining access to published scholarship for future research, citation, and academic reference. The journal supports appropriate digital preservation and archiving practices to reduce the risk of permanent loss of published content.
The availability of archived articles may depend on the digital preservation services, repositories, and technical systems used by the journal. Further information concerning preservation and archiving arrangements is provided in the journal's Archiving Policy.
Through this policy, the Indonesia Media Law Review (IMREV) reaffirms its commitment to accessible legal scholarship, responsible knowledge sharing, academic integrity, copyright protection, and compliance with applicable licensing requirements. The journal seeks to ensure that its publications contribute to the advancement of media law scholarship and remain accessible to the academic community and the wider public.
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