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1. she/he is fully entitled to dispose of the rights of use regarding the manuscript, that these rights have been granted to her/him to an unrestricted extent in advance if applicable and that hitherto she/he has made no legal concessions that oppose to the provisions of this assignment and that she/he will refrain from doing so in future.
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