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

[Mann, Paige]

Hi Bernhardt,

My understanding is that compliance with the NC restriction is (1) not clearly defined and (2) does more than restrict someone from profiting from sharing a file on a commercial platform.

From http://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/2013/06/13/cc-by-what-does-it-mean-for-scholarly-articles-3/:
"When choosing a CC BY-NC licence you might think that you only prevent use within the for-profit sector. This is not entirely true: you may actually prevent use within the public and non-profit sectors as well (Friesen 2013, p. 83). For example, CC BY-NC prohibits someone from using a figure or table from your paper on any website (even a scholarly blog) that carries advertisements. Since the definition of non-commercial is ambiguous, the CC BY-NC licence can therefore lead to confusion."

Perhaps Elsevier is trying to clear up some of that confusion through a policy that may be more restrictive than what is legally permissible.

Paige


Paige Mann
Scholarly Communications Librarian
Armacost Library
University of Redlands



Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 11:24:36 +0000
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Subject: [GOAL] Elsevier's interpretation of CC BY-NC-ND
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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<http://www.researchgate.net>, www.academia.edu<http://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<http://academia.edu> use content commercially to sell
advertising & services around the content they disseminate? and ?Both
ResearchGate &  <https://t.co/IQgdiiCF1s> academia.edu<http://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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