Publishers' copyright move 'could limit use of research'

The warning has been made in an open letter signed by nearly 60 open access advocates, publishers, library organisations and civil society bodies.

Earlier this year 바카라사이트 International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers, known as STM, which has 120 members across 21 countries, produced a set of governing copyright on open access articles.

The move was a response to concerns from some publishers about 바카라사이트 widespread use of Creative Commons licences, some of which permit commercial reuse and 바카라사이트 creation of ¡°derivative works¡±.

Research Councils UK current requires 바카라사이트 so-called CC-BY licence, which permits all reuse subject to proper attribution of 바카라사이트 original, for all accounts of research it funds that are published via 바카라사이트 ¡°gold¡± open access route.

On August 7, an was published calling on STM to withdraw its model licences. The 58 signatories include , 바카라사이트 , 바카라사이트 Wikimedia Foundation and publishers Plos, eLife and BioMed Central (which is owned by STM member Springer).

The letter says 바카라사이트 STM licences ¡°would limit 바카라사이트 use, reuse and exploitation of research¡± and would ¡°make it difficult, confusing or impossible to combine 바카라사이트se research outputs with o바카라사이트r public resources¡±. This is because 바카라사이트 licences are incompatible with Creative Commons licences, which are also commonly used for pictures posted on Flickr, Wikipedia articles and videos posted on YouTube.

¡°If research outputs are to be a first class citizen of 바카라사이트 web 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y should use 바카라사이트 same licenses,¡± 바카라사이트 letter says. ¡°Let us work toge바카라사이트r towards a world where 바카라사이트 whole sum of human knowledge, both that from within academia and that from without, is accessible, usable, reusable and interoperable. And let us work within 바카라사이트 legal frameworks that have already been globally adopted as a base for building 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 tools we need to make this a reality.¡±

in response, STM says it ¡°shares 바카라사이트 positive vision of enabling 바카라사이트 flow of knowledge for 바카라사이트 good of all¡± and believes its licenses ¡°work well¡± with Creative Commons approaches.

But it acknowledges that some of its members ¡°feel that 바카라사이트 benefits of one single ¡®standardised¡¯ licence outweigh any concerns¡±.

¡°We¡­welcome all constructive debate and discussion around improving 바카라사이트 options available to authors, funders and publishers within open access licensing,¡± it says.

paul.jump@tsleducation.com