[BOAI] Springer to move to CC BY for Open Choice

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Springer.  --Peter Suber.]

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*PRESS RELEASE*

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*****Springer permits commercial use for its hybrid open access program
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*****Springer****** Open Choice****** adopts the Creative Commons
Attribution License
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Heidelberg/Dordrecht/New York/London, 18 January 2012

Springer is bringing*** Open Choice*, its hybrid open access option, into
line with the fully open access journals published by BioMed Central and***
SpringerOpen*. As a result, all open access content at Springer will be
published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license.

In 2004, the hybrid open access option*** Open Choice* was launched at
Springer with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license.
Springer’s*** Open Choice* option allows authors to publish their articles
with open access for the majority of its subscription-based journals. The
articles are immediately freely available for anyone worldwide in exchange
of paying an article processing charge. The copyright remains with the
author.

Bettina Goerner, Manager Open Access at Springer, says: “The positive
experience with publishing fully open access journals under the CC-BY
license at BioMed Central and*** SpringerOpen*, lead us to believe that
permitting commercial use has benefits to our authors, editors, society
partners and open access in general. We are pleased that our*** Open
Choice* option
to publish open access meets the growing demand for liberal re-use rights.”

In addition to*** Open Choice*, Springer offers fully open access journals
under the*** SpringerOpen* brand. The portfolio of more than 60 journals
was recently joined by*** SpringerPlus*, an interdisciplinary open access
journal, publishing research in all STM disciplines.

More information about:

Springer*** Open Choice*
(***www.springer.com/openchoice*<http://www.springer.com/openchoice>
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Springer and Open Access
(***www.springer.com/openaccess*<http://www.springer.com/openaccess>
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*Springer Science+Business Media*
(***www.springer.com*<http://www.springer.com/>)
is a leading global scientific publisher, delivering quality content
through innovative information products and services. The company is also a
trusted provider of local-language professional publications in Europe,
especially in Germany and the Netherlands. In the science, technology and
medicine (STM) sector, the group publishes around 2,000 journals and more
than 7,000 new books a year, as well as the largest STM eBook Collection
worldwide. Springer has operations in about 20 countries in Europe, the
USA, and Asia, and more than 5,500 employees. In 2010, it generated annual
sales of around EUR 866 million.

***Contact:* Renate Bayaz |
***renate.bayaz at springer.com*<renate.bayaz at springer.com>
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