ELLITE: English Language, Literature, and Teaching Journal explicitly defines its copyright and licensing policies to all authors and readers, adhering strictly to the foundational transparency expectations outlined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) regarding intellectual property (COPE Principles of Transparency). The journal takes proactive measures to ensure that intellectual property rights are clearly stated and protected, preventing any potential misunderstandings or unauthorized commercial exploitation of the authors' original academic works (COPE Topic: Intellectual Property).

As part of our deep commitment to ethical intellectual property management, authors who publish in ELLITE retain full copyright and publishing rights of their manuscripts without any restrictions, fulfilling COPE's mandate that copyright terms must be unambiguously described and accessible prior to publication (COPE Best Practices in Scholarly Publishing). Any potential disputes regarding copyright ownership, uncredited authorship, or intellectual property theft will be systematically investigated and resolved using COPE's established protocols to ensure fairness and academic integrity (COPE Recognising Authorship Problems).

All scholarly articles published in this journal are freely accessible and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. This specific licensing arrangement is explicitly detailed on the journal's website to ensure that readers are fully aware of how they can share, adapt, and reuse the published material legally, satisfying COPE’s requirement for transparent and easily understandable licensing policies (COPE Core Practices). The journal guarantees that authors explicitly agree to these licensing terms during the manuscript submission process, ensuring informed consent and preventing any future disputes regarding post-publication data sharing or reuse (COPE Topic: Journal Management).

Even under the open-access CC BY-SA 4.0 license, any subsequent reuse, distribution, or adaptation of the published material by third parties must give appropriate credit to the original authors, as failure to provide proper attribution constitutes academic plagiarism and violates COPE's ethical standards on the originality of works (COPE Plagiarism Guidelines). By applying this ShareAlike license, the journal supports global open access and maximizes the dissemination of scholarly research, an ethical practice highly encouraged by COPE to advance scientific integrity and robust data reproducibility (COPE Topic: Data and Reproducibility).