Third Party Materials (Fig, Image, Table)

The editorial team would like to remind caution to all authors regarding the use of third party materials in the author manuscript.

Third-party content is defined as any material within the manuscript that is not your original work. Third party content may consist of text passages, figures, photos, poems, song lyrics, screenshots, etc. and be found in many places such as, but not limited to, the Internet, print and online books and articles, theses, annual reports, conference material, photocopies, course packages, and translations. In particular, you should pay close attention to sensitive images containing identifiable persons, logos, brands/trademarks, images from agencies, or from the Internet as well as text content such as song lyrics, poems, interviews, social media content and references to commercial entities.

Authors are responsible for clearing the rights for any third-party content. We recommend keeping all quotations and inclusion of copyrighted material to a minimum wherever possible, as gaining permissions can be time-consuming and expensive for the author.

It is extremely important that authors identify the copyright holder and secure permission to use each and every piece of third party content in your paper or presentation that you, the author, did not create.

You must deliver to the editorial team the documentation of the permission you receive. Please do not assume that, since you found it on the Internet, it is freely available to be used – chances are it’s not. Failure to disclose any use of third party materials may result to delay in publication for the whole submission of the conference proceeding.

Please familiarize yourself with theSpringer Nature Guide to Copyright and Permissions, which contains advice on including third-party content or material that you have created yourself and published elsewhere in your manuscript. 

To obtain permission to use third-party material in the manuscript visit the Rights Holder website or the Copyright Clearance Center Marketplace. If the material is not found, please exert your best efforts to use our Permissions Request Form and/or Release Request Form (to obtain permission from interviewees or other identifiable individuals or the owners of identifiable property in source material) for your request. If the rights-holder issues their own form, please ensure that the document they provide includes all Required Rights listed in the ‘Guide to Obtaining Permissions’ section in our Springer Nature Third Party Permissions Guidelines.