<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hi Andrew,</div><div class="">It is very difficult to comment on a process where a variety of voices have heard and the final decision is still to be made (ministry, than parliamentary), but yes, article 9 has been the focus of attention for the research community:</div><div class="">- the initial draft was rather publisher friendly with long embargoes (12 - 24) and prevention of commercial re-use</div><div class="">- the community at large has pushed dramatically reduce embargoes (amendment by CNRS) and even suggest that we should get rid of them (amendment di Cosmo) or leave the author’s manuscript free of any constraint (Inria)</div><div class="">- there is an attempt to re-introduce an exemption for TDM which had disappear between an early draft of the law and the one made available for public consultation</div><div class="">It seems that the community has been heard and that we may have a more favorable draft at the next stage.</div><div class="">Still, the important aspect related to this law is that it made many of use read thoughtfully the Code de la Propriété Intellectuel and converge on the idea that it is not allowing any kind of non remunerated (exclusive) copyright transfer. Quick some good news for French scholars who have been forced to sign such (illegal) CTA.</div><div class="">Have a good week-end,</div><div class="">Laurent</div><div class=""> </div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Le 30 oct. 2015 à 11:31, Andrew Hyde <<a href="mailto:ahyde@cambridge.org" class="">ahyde@cambridge.org</a>> a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.181818008422852px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hi all,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">My first time posting a question to the GOAL list. I wondered if anyone in France or familiar with the Digital Republic bill (Republique Numerique) could tell me a bit more about its implications for OA to French publicly funded research (eg. CNRS).<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I've read a bit about the bill in English and have run some things through Google Translate, now regretting my poor attention in French class in secondary school. The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2995978/opensource-subnet/france-votes-to-expand-open-source-use.html" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">news articles I've read</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>make it sounds like a laudable process, open to public consultation on the Internet, with some popular propositions to reduce proprietary software in schools and universities in favour of Linux/GNU, as well as proposals to protect privacy of personal data and encryption.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.republique-numerique.fr/consultations/projet-de-loi-numerique/consultation/consultation/opinions/section-2-travaux-de-recherche-et-de-statistique/article-9-acces-aux-travaux-de-la-recherche-financee-par-des-fonds-publics/versions/une-duree-d-embargo-plus-courte-ne-pas-entraver-le-tdm-fouille-de-texte-et-de-donnees-et-ne-pas-interdire-une-exploitation-commerciale" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Article 9 concerns Open Access</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to public research.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I've read contradictory statements about what the bill proposes in terms of embargoes for Green archiving.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://blog.scielo.org/en/2015/10/09/france-prepares-bill-to-regulate-open-access/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">This SciELO blog post (October 9)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>suggests that the bill proposes that publicly funded research should be made publicly accessbile without embargo; whereas the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.republique-numerique.fr/consultations/projet-de-loi-numerique/consultation/consultation/opinions/section-2-travaux-de-recherche-et-de-statistique/article-9-acces-aux-travaux-de-la-recherche-financee-par-des-fonds-publics/versions/une-duree-d-embargo-plus-courte-ne-pas-entraver-le-tdm-fouille-de-texte-et-de-donnees-et-ne-pas-interdire-une-exploitation-commerciale" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">statements and annotations of the article on the Republique Numerique website</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>suggest that there was an original proposal of an embargo of 12 months for STM and 24 months for HSS, which has now been modified to 6 and 12 months respectively. I've read one or two comments on Twitter this morning suggesting that the embargo periods are still very much under discussion.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">The SciELO blog also suggests that there are provisions to encourage text and data mining and to end the exclusive transfer of copyright of publicly funded research and data to publishers. I haven't found much detail on these or any support for Gold.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I'd be interested to know what the view is on the OA article amongst the OA community in France and also what people have made of the process to establish digital rights. I remember that Brazil went through a similar process with a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/06/brazil-new-global-internet-referee/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Digital Rights bill last year</a>, of course following on from the Snowdon revelations which had a big impact in Brazil, much of which was weakened by the time it got into law.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Many thanks for any information you can provide me…<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Andrew Hyde<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Development Editor (Open Access)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">+44 (0)1223 326031 |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/andrewchyde" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">@andrewchyde</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Cambridge University Press<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">University Printing House, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, CB2 8BS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.181818008422852px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.181818008422852px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.181818008422852px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;" class="">C</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;" class="">ambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge with VAT registered number GB 823 8476 09. 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