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As a result of Open University scholarly volume about copyright (7)

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I believe the answer is:

outcome

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'as a result' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'open university scholarly volume about copyright' is the wordplay.
'open university' becomes 'ou'.
'scholarly volume' becomes 'tome' (I've seen this before).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'copyright' becomes 'c' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'tome' going around 'c' is 'tcome'.
'ou'+'tcome'='OUTCOME'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for outcome that I've seen before include "Eventuality" , "Denouement" , "consequences" , "Consequence, effect" , "End result" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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