[GOAL] Elsevier's interpretation of CC BY-NC-ND

[Mittermaier, Bernhard]

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-sh
aring-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|Start
Topic=Content%2Fsharing_pubs.htm|SkinName=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
<http://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 &  <https://t.co/IQgdiiCF1s> academia.edu are problems in
Germany as they go beyond private use to make NC content publicly available”
( <https://twitter.com/wisealic/status/874284792275140609>
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

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Dr. Bernhard Mittermaier

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

Leiter der Zentralbibliothek / Head of the Central Library

52425 Jülich

Tel  ++49-2461-613013

Fax ++49-2461-616103

 

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