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<Apologies for cross posting><br>
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Dear all, <br>
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You might be interested in the outcomes of a roundtable discussion
held at Cambridge University earlier this week on the topic of
Creative Commons Attribution licences.<br>
<br>
Is CC-BY really a problem or are we boxing shadows?
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=555">https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=555</a><br>
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A taster: <br>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color:
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font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px;
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text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Comments from researchers
and colleagues have indicated some disquiet about the Creative
Commons (CC-BY) licence in some areas of the academic community.
However, in conversation with some legal people and contemporaries
at other institutions one of the observations was that generally
academics are not necessarily cognizant with what the licences
offer and indeed what protections are available under regular
copyright.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color:
rgb(20, 20, 18); font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px;
orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">To try and determine
whether this was an<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>education
and advocacy problem<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or
if there are<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>real
issues<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>we had a
roundtable discussion on 29 February at Cambridge University
attended by about 35 people who were a mixture of academics,
administrators, publishers and legal practitioners.</p>
<span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 18); font-family: 'PT Sans',
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline
!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In
summary, the discussion indicated that CC-BY licences<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(20,
20, 18); font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing:
normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">do not</strong><span
style="color: rgb(20, 20, 18); font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height:
24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline
!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>encourage plagiarism, or
issues with commercialism within academia (although there is a
broader ethical issue). However in some cases CC-BY licences<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(20,
20, 18); font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing:
normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">could</strong><span
style="color: rgb(20, 20, 18); font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height:
24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline
!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>pose problems for the
moral integrity of the work and cause issues with translations.
CC-BY licenses<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(20,
20, 18); font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing:
normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">do create challenges</strong><span
style="color: rgb(20, 20, 18); font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height:
24px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline
!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for works containing
sensitive information and for works containing third party
copyright.</span><br>
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problem with the blog, comments sent to the blog are being buried
(we are working on this).<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
Danny<br>
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