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This looks like a very interesting model that could be proposed, transposed and perhaps even tweaked (six months instead of twelve) in other legislatures. The idea of " half publicly funded by public money" is also very interesting as a basic criterion.<BR>
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It potentially points to the fact that an increasing number of politicians are "getting it" about Open Access.<BR>
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Let us hope this law fares well in the Bundestag, and finds imitations in other jurisdictions.<BR>
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Jean-Claude Guédon<BR>
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Le jeudi 21 février 2013 à 08:47 -0500, Stevan Harnad a écrit :
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<FONT COLOR="#737373">> From: Christoph Bruch <bruch---zedat.fu-berlin.de></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Subject: [BOAI] German government proposes copyright amendment granting</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> a right of secondary publication (green road)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Date: 21 February, 2013 6:33:23 AM EST</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Dear All,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Yesterday the German government released a draft version for an amendment</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> to the German Copyright Act (Urheberrechtsgesetz), s. attachment.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> The amendment covers several issues, one of those is of special interest for this</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> list: a regulation concerning the green road to open access</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> The German research community and the German Länder (states) have been</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> advocating this “right of secondary publication” for several years.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> The faith of the bill is unclear as the current legislature ends in September already.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> The draft bill has not been formally introduced in parliament (Bundestag) yet</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> and the governing coalition is divided on the issue.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Regards</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Christoph</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Paragraph to be added to section 38 of the German copyright act</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> (4) Der Urheber eines wissenschaftlichen Beitrags, der im Rahmen einer mindestens</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> zur Hälfte mit öffentlichen Mitteln finanzierten Lehr- und Forschungstätigkeit</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> entstanden und in einer periodisch mindestens zweimal jährlich erscheinenden</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Sammlung erschienen ist, hat auch dann, wenn er dem Verleger oder Herausgeber</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> ein ausschließliches Nutzungsrecht eingeräumt hat, das Recht, den Beitrag nach</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Ablauf von zwölf Monaten seit der Erstveröffentlichung in der akzeptierten</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Manuskriptversion öffentlich zugänglich zu machen, soweit dies keinem gewerblichen</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Zweck dient. Die Quelle der Erstveröffentlichung ist anzugeben. Eine zum Nachteil</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> des Urhebers abweichende Vereinbarung ist unwirksam.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> 4) Even if copyright was transferred exclusively to the publisher, the author of a scientific </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> contribution, which stems from at least half publicly funded research and teaching activities</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> and published in a periodical which is at least published twice yearly, has the right to make </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> the accepted manuscript version of the contribution publicly available (internet)after the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> expiration of twelve months after the first publication, provided this serves no commercial</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> purpose and the source of the original publication is indicated. A deviating agreement to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> the disadvantage of the author is invalid.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Please find the full bill attached.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Regards,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Christoph</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Christoph Bruch</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Helmholtz Association</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Helmholtz Open Access Coordination Office</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> M: <A HREF="mailto:christoph.bruch@oa.helmholtz.de">christoph.bruch@oa.helmholtz.de</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> W: <A HREF="http://oa.helmholtz.de">http://oa.helmholtz.de</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> P: +49 (0)471 - 48 31 23 25</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
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Université de Montréal
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