title_body: Different copyright notices on printed and digital versions of a book What are the implications of having the digital version of a thesis carry a licence that differs from that of its printed copy deposited in a library? 
  
  I am distributing my thesis online under a CC license, but when the printed version was first deposited at the university library I had included a "All rights reserved" notice. I am now unable to change the printed version at the library, so the digital copy that is online and the printed copy at the library carry two different copyright notices.
  
  Do you envisage any problem other than the readers of the printed copy not knowing that they could also copy and distribute portions of the thesis with attribution?
upvoted_answer: The rights are personal to you. The consequences are more practical than legal. For example, a reader of the library copy can copy a portion of your text if such use constitutes "fair use." Whether a use is permitted under the copyright law is often a close question. In general, short quotations are permitted. Copying an entire chapter is not. Failure to attribute a quote is more of an academic or journalistic crime; proffering a quote as your own is not a violation of copyright, it's plagiarism. You, as rightsholder, own the intellectual property in the text. You can sell it, or give it away (as in a CC license). For example, you could sell the copyright to your thesis and the buyer could then decide to give the thesis away. You could sell some rights (say, audiobooks) and retain others (digital editions). If you have licensed your content under Creative Commons, the existence of a printed book that predated the grant does not affect the grant or make the grant unenforceable. This answer is grounded in US law. Other countries may or may not recognize the principle of fair use.