How to remove the copyright box on a paper that uses the ACM sig-alternate.cls class file?

Question

The ACM provides a LaTeX template called sig-alternate.cls (webpage, class file). The current version is 2.4 released in April, 2009.

I would like to submit a paper for review using this class file. Unfortunately, the class file reserves some space at the bottom of the first page in the first column for a copyright notice. This copyright notice is required for the camera ready version of the paper, but not for the initial paper submission. How can I remove this copyright notice and reclaim this space?

A non-answer, for the sake of completeness: The standard way to remove the copyright notice is to use the \toappearbox{...} command. This allows you to replace the copyright notice with a boxed text. This does not save any space, but usually this is a good feature: you can have identical layouts in the camera-ready version and in your own version. — Jukka Suomela, Jun 24 '11 at 18:32
Hmm, when I add \toappearbox{something} that does not change anything... What am I missing? — fgysin, Dec 14 '11 at 10:17

score 46 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 19 '20 at 12:26

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In the newest format (e.g. ACM MM 2020), you can set nonacm and authorversion in the documentclass:

\documentclass[sigconf,authorversion,nonacm]{acmart}

See also the official guide: https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/consolidated-tex-template/acmart.pdf. (April 2020).

answered Jun 19 '20 at 12:26

Jasper Uijlings

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That should be the accepted answer! :) – Michael Dorner Apr 22 '22 at 15:00
should be pushed higher – Arne Jun 13 '22 at 11:54
this works for me while other answers did not work, thanks! – Z.LI Jan 17 '24 at 07:48

score 45 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 18 '14 at 12:23

45

The accepted answer somehow doesn't work for me, but I found another solution here.

Simply add the following lines before \begin{document}:

\makeatletter
\def\@copyrightspace{\relax}
\makeatother

edited Sep 18 '14 at 12:23

lockstep

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answered Feb 18 '14 at 11:24

Ida

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Does not work for me. – Valerio Schiavoni May 18 '18 at 22:53
worked for me under overleaf – Kennet Celeste Oct 27 '18 at 02:56

lockstep · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-18T12:23:10.233

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Use the etoolbox package and its \patchcmd macro to selectively change sig-alternate' s definition of \maketitle, i.e. remove the \@copyrightspace macro (which is responsible for the copyright space).

\documentclass{sig-alternate}

\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\maketitle}{\@copyrightspace}{}{}{}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\author{lockstep}
\title{How to remove the copyright space}
\maketitle

\blinddocument

\end{document}

(The blindtext package is only used to add some dummy text to the example.)

edited Sep 18 '14 at 12:23

answered Jun 24 '11 at 17:14

lockstep

250,273

This does not work for me. – Bengt Aug 22 '23 at 12:03

score 28 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 31 '17 at 14:02

28

I fixed the problem by writing \setcopyright{none} before \begin{document} at the top. FYI I was using overleaf.

answered Aug 31 '17 at 14:02

Utsav Dusad

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I tried all the of the above and only this one worked. I am using Sharelatex.com. – silent_dev Dec 29 '17 at 09:40
didn't completely remove it on the ACM 2020 template – pedjjj Dec 11 '19 at 14:41
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The command removed the copyright statement. Still the conference, ISBN, doi remains. By the way, I was using texmaker/texlive. – akalanka Dec 04 '20 at 01:08
Same for me. This removes the copyright statement but the conference, ISBN, doi remains. – Exploring Sep 01 '21 at 07:01
1

Look to @Jasper Uijlings's answer for removal of conference, ISBN, doi – thisisbenmanley Dec 14 '21 at 16:50

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 10 '16 at 18:43

According to the documentation in the template source code:

If you use the [preprint] option, the copyright text is removed but the space is preserved.
```
% ACM SIG template
\documentclass[preprint]{sig-alternate}
```

If you use the [preprint] option of the template, you can use \toappear and \toappearbox to replace the copyright text. You must define the text to appear before issuing \maketitle. For instance

% ACM SIG template
\documentclass[preprint]{sig-alternate}
% text to appear
\toappear{To appear in the most incredible conference}
   % other commands
\begin{document}
\maketitle
   % other commands
\end{document}

If you want to remove completely the copyright space, you can redefine a @copyrightspace variable used to create the box at the bottom. You must redefine it before the \maketitle
```
%% remove the box 
\makeatletter
\def\@copyrightspace{\relax}
\makeatother
```

If you want a smaller box, you can redefine the @copyrightspace variable too. Originally, the height of the box is 1". You can define a different size. For instance, the following code produce a smaller box. Note the \setlength with 0.2pc instead of 1pc

\makeatletter
\def\@copyrightspace{
    \@float{copyrightbox}[b]
    \begin{center}
        \setlength{\unitlength}{0.2pc}
            \begin{picture}(100,6) %Space for copyright notice
                \put(0,-0.95){\crnotice{\@toappear}}
            \end{picture}
        \end{center}
    \end@float}
\makeatother

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered May 21 '19 at 14:35

I prefer the answer here: How to remove conference information from the ACM 2017 SIGCONF template?.

\settopmatter{printacmref=false} % Removes citation information below abstract
\renewcommand\footnotetextcopyrightpermission[1]{} % removes footnote with conference information in first column
\pagestyle{plain} % removes running headers

Use the preprint format will also remove the two-column layout, which I want to keep.

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 15 '15 at 10:12

The following will replace the copyright text with blank or whatever you prefer. However, this will not reclaim the space, but you might need that for the camera ready version anyway.

Add the following before the \begin{document}

For a text or blank with a rectangle around: \toappearbox{My-text-or-blank}
For a text or blank with no rectangle: \toappear{My-text-or-blank}

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 13 '17 at 09:11

1

For those who are looking to change the footer ACM text just put the following code before the document beginning and good luck.

\makeatletter
\def\runningfoot{\def\@runningfoot{}}
\def\firstfoot{\def\@firstfoot{}}
\makeatother

answered Jan 13 '17 at 09:11

user122932

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score 0 · Answer 9 · edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

0

Change ACM default Format:

You can use the following commands to remove copyright, reference format and footer/header of ACM default format:

\settopmatter{printacmref=false}
\setcopyright{none}
\renewcommand\footnotetextcopyrightpermission[1]{}
\pagestyle{plain}
\setcopyright{none}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand@formatdoi[1]{\ignorespaces}
\makeatother

edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

Community

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answered Nov 12 '19 at 14:52

Kashif Rabbani

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score 0 · Answer 10 · edited Jun 27 '21 at 06:57

0

In my case I found a file in Overleaf template named Settings.tex and I removed the part concerning copyright.

edited Jun 27 '21 at 06:57

SolidMark

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answered Jun 27 '21 at 03:11

Zakaria Bouras

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How to remove the copyright box on a paper that uses the ACM sig-alternate.cls class file?

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Change ACM default Format:

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