On a related topic, this poster might be of interest to list members:
*Exploiting Elsevier’s Creative Commons License Requirement to Subvert Embargo* "In the last round of author sharing policy revisions, Elsevier created a labyrinthine title-by-title embargo structure requiring embargoes from 12-48 months for author sharing via institutional repository (IR), while permitting immediate sharing via author's personal website or blog. At the same time, all pre-publication versions are to bear a Creative Commons-Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) license. "At the time this policy was announced, it was rightly criticized by many in the scholarly communication community as overly complicated and unnecessary. However, this CC licensing requirement creates an avenue for subverting the embargo in the IR to achieve quicker open distribution of the author's accepted manuscript. "In short, authors may post an appropriately licensed copy on their personal site, at which point we may deposit without embargo in the IR, not through the license granted in the publication agreement, but through the CC license on the author's version, which the sharing policy mandates. This poster will outline this issue, our experimentation with application, and engage viewers in questions regarding its potential risks, benefits, and workflows." https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/24107 On 18 June 2017 at 12:24, Mittermaier, Bernhard <b.mitterma...@fz-juelich.de > wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > > > on sharing in file-sharing networks, Creatice Commons explain: > > > > “Can I share CC-licensed material on file-sharing networks? > > Yes. All CC licenses allow redistribution of the unmodified material by > any means, including distribution via file-sharing networks. Note that > file-trading is expressly considered to be noncommercial for purposes of > compliance with the NC licenses. Barter of NC-licensed material for other > items of value is not permitted.” > > https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-share-cc-licensed- > material-on-file-sharing-networks > > > > The “Elsevier Sharing Rules” say > > “CC-BY-NC-ND licensed articles may be shared on non-commercial platforms > only.” > > http://help.sciencedirect.com/flare/sdhelp_Left.htm#CSHID= > password.htm|StartTopic=Content%2Fsharing_pubs.htm|SkinName=svs_SD > <http://help.sciencedirect.com/flare/sdhelp_Left.htm#CSHID=password.htm%7CStartTopic=Content%2Fsharing_pubs.htm%7CSkinName=svs_SD> > > > > and again in the table at the bottom of that webpage: “Public posting on > commercial platforms (e.g., www.researchgate.net, www.academia.edu)” :not > allowed > > > > I’ve been asking Alicia Wise, on what grounds why Elsevier takes that > position. She replied: > > „Both ResearchGate & academia.edu use content commercially to sell > advertising & services around the content they disseminate” and “Both > ResearchGate & academia.edu <https://t.co/IQgdiiCF1s> are problems in > Germany as they go beyond private use to make NC content publicly > available” (https://twitter.com/wisealic/status/874284792275140609 and > https://twitter.com/wisealic/status/874284916644696066 ) > > > > My interpretation of the CC licence is that sharing of CC BY-NC-ND article > by commercial platforms is OK as long as they don’t sell the articles > (which they don’t do). > > But apart from that - what authors are doing is IMHO definitely not > prohibited because they have no commercial gain whatsoever. > > > > What do you think? > > > > Kind regards > > Bernhard > > ########################################### > > > > Dr. Bernhard Mittermaier > > Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH > > Leiter der Zentralbibliothek / Head of the Central Library > > 52425 Jülich > > Tel ++49-2461-613013 <+49%202461%20613013> > > Fax ++49-2461-616103 <+49%202461%20616103> > > > > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich > Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher > Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), > Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, > Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt > > > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > > -- Richard Poynder www.richardpoynder.co.uk
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