There has been news over the weekend regarding the rights that researchers sign away when they publish in journals. Specifically, Elsevier have asked academia.edu to take down PDFs of articles, published in their journals, that authors have made publicly available via this site. This is because the authors have broken their copyright agreements with Elsevier in doing so. ILS can offer further advice on this issue, but basically it is up to the author to check what they are and are not allowed to do with their journal article according to the agreement they sign with the publisher. You cannot assume that you can re-use or redistribute in any form.
If you would like to know more about this, there is an excellent overview at http://www.theinformed.org.uk/2013/12/culture-clash-elsevier-academia-edu-and-copyright/ ILS will also be offering more guidance on this topic in researcher sessions in the New Year.
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