Good news. I'm curious about the statement on "bibliographic metadata": isn't it the case that metadata is always free to use, without a need for any license? Bibliographic metadata are just statements of facts (person X published paper Y ...) - that's nothing that could be copyrighted. Even if an abstract is included, it still comprises no more than 5% of the work and can be freely used under "fair use" principle, even for Toll Access papers - correct me if I'm wrong.<br>I'm pointing this out because any confusions in this area work against OA and academia. I think scholars should know their rights and not rely on publishers for clarifications, as some publishers may be more willing to introduce even more fuzz than to teach scholars their rights (I mean publishers in general, not particularly IOP).<br><br>Regards<br>Marcin<br><br><br>On Wednesday, October 24, 2012 4:08:57 PM UTC+2, Peter Suber wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><font><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">[Forwarding from IOP Publishing. --Peter Suber.]<br></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div><font face="sans-serif">IOP Publishing (IOP) has today announced
a significant change to its copyright arrangements for research published
on an open access basis in the company’s wholly owned journals and for
bibliographic metadata.</font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif">As a result of this move, the company
will adopt a more liberal Creative Commons licence (CC-BY 3.0) for future
articles published on a 'gold' open access basis. This licence allows
others to distribute, remix, amend, and build upon a piece of work as long
as they credit the original creation. The licences grant rights to the
users of the content but do not replace the copyright, which remains with
the copyright holder.</font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif">The change applies to articles being
published on an open access basis in all IOP owned 'hybrid' journals and
the gold open access titles New Journal of Physics and Environmental Research
Letters. </font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif">In addition to the change in licence
for open access articles, the basic metadata of the articles in IOP's own
journals will also be available for use under a CC-BY licence. This
is intended to increase the visibility of such data and to help clarify
to third parties what they can and cannot do with metadata. </font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif">Nicola Gulley, IOP's Editorial Director,
said of the move, "IOP Publishing has long been a supporter of sustainable
open access and we have a proud history of experimentation and innovation
with different models of publishing. We felt this new move was a
natural step that will help the company fulfil its mission to provide the
scientific community with tools to ensure the maximum dissemination of
research, help foster collaborations between research groups, and meet
the requirements of Funding Agencies and organisations."</font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif">Unless specifically requested, articles
submitted before 25 October will be published under a Creative Commons-Non-Commercial-<wbr>ShareAlike
3.0 licence. Articles submitted on or after 25th October will automatically
be published under a CC-BY licence. IOP's copyright statements on <a href="http://iopscience.iop.org" target="_blank">iopscience.iop.org</a>
have been updated to reflect this change.</font>
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