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The so called "Zweitveröffentlichungsrecht" - if it comes! - will be
a <b>freedom</b> to populate repositories without resorting to
research on Sherpa/Romeo or depending on (legally) uncertain
concessions published on volatile web-pages of publishers.<br>
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But this modification of the German copyright law (Urheberrecht)
will in no way <b>mandate the exercise</b> of that freedom. It is
misleading to call this an Open Access law.<br>
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There will be no (strong) OA mandate of any kind in Germany due to
constitutional concerns (art.5), at least not for some time ...<br>
But the legal situation of those willing to deposit or being forced,
e.g. by the FP7/H2020 mandate, will be much more clear.<br>
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Hans Pfeiffenberger<br>
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