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Creative Commons licenses for eScholarship journals:Why, what and how
Katie [email protected]@escholarship.org
July 24, 2013
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• ~10 years old
• ~10,000 journals
• Inclusion in DOAJ = better discoverability, implication of quality
Obsolete Book - 5/365 by Jamie CC BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamiesrabbits/4248396588/
New (draft) criteria announced 6/12/13
• Need a CC license to be listed
• Need a CC BY license for the new “DOAJ Seal of Approval”– http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=
news&nId=303&uiLanguage=en
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)
• ~5 years old• ~70 members• “At OASPA, one of the criteria for membership is that
a publisher must use a liberal license that encourages the reuse and distribution of content. We strongly encourage publishers to choose a Creative Commons license and recommend (but currently do not require) the use of the CC-BY license wherever possible. . . . OASPA will currently also admit members who have a CC-BY-NC policy.”– OASPA Frequently Asked Questions,
http://oaspa.org/information-resources/frequently-asked-questions/
It’s a jungle out there.
• Open Access Advocacy -> OA standards and best practices
• Easily visible indicators of who’s following the rules
Tiger Profile by Kenneth Barrett CC BY-NC http://www.flickr.com/photos/griangrafanna/218580624/
Predator
Open Access vs. Copyright’s Default
Half-open door to Heaven by Klearchos Kapoutsis CC BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/klearchos/4761478827/
“open access is about more than access – open access removes access and reuse barriers, and thus has the potential to transform the literature into a much more powerful resource for research, education and innovation.” – OASPA FAQ
CC Licenses as a Solution
• Require giving credit
• Author keeps copyright ownership
• Widely used (for all kinds of content)
• Machine readable
• Six different licenses to choose from
Keys, USS Bowfin by Joseph Novak CC BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephleenovak/5559755789/
CC BY: Attribution
Bare bones by Caroline CC BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/hills_alive/8511444405/
Currently used by PLOS, BioMedCentral, Springer, Wiley, the Institute of Physics, and others.
The NonCommercial (NC) Restriction
• E.g. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode
• Some debate/confusion about what counts as “commercial”
• Broadest possible reuse vs. discomfort with commercial activity
Forex Money for Exchange in Currency Bank by epSos.de CC BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/8463683689/
The No Derivative Works (ND) Restriction
• E.g. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/legalcode
• No “translation, adaptation, derivative work,” etc.
• Inclusions in collections and anthologies still allowed.
• Encouraging as many translations as possible vs. tightly controlling them
Building Blocks by tiffany terry CC BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/35168673@N03/6086229920/
The ShareAlike (SA) Restriction
• E.g. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode
• Applies to Adaptations, but not Collections
• Ensures translations will be shared, but dictates translators’ choice of license
Photo by Katie Fortney
Choosing a License
Think about needs of
• Journal
• Journal readers
• Contributors
• Services and intermediaries
Stone balancing! by Giles Turnbull CC BY-NC http://www.flickr.com/photos/gilest/132093750/
Nuts and Bolts: Author Agreements
• Journals adopting CC licenses will need to update author agreements
• We have samples showing how to add the CC aspect to the standard agreement
• Any other questions about journal’s author agreements?
Nuts and Bolts: Page Display
CC license information will appear on journal landing page sidebar, article display sidebar, and PDF cover pages.
Resources and Tools
• Creative Commons has LOTS of information and resources, – About the Licenses: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
– NonCommercial (definitions and confusion): http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Defining_Noncommercial
– ShareAlike: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Share_Alike
– Wiki, FAQs: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ
• DOAJ proposed new critera: http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=news&nId=303&uiLanguage=en
• OASPA FAQ on licensing: http://oaspa.org/information-resources/frequently-asked-questions/
Questions?
Question mark sign by Colin Kinner CC BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/colinkinner/2200500024/