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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>on sharing in file-sharing networks, Creatice Commons explain: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>“Can I share CC-licensed material on file-sharing networks?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>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.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><a href="https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-share-cc-licensed-material-on-file-sharing-networks">https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-share-cc-licensed-material-on-file-sharing-networks</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The “Elsevier Sharing Rules” say<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>“CC-BY-NC-ND licensed articles may be shared on non-commercial platforms only.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><a href="http://help.sciencedirect.com/flare/sdhelp_Left.htm#CSHID=password.htm|StartTopic=Content%2Fsharing_pubs.htm|SkinName=svs_SD">http://help.sciencedirect.com/flare/sdhelp_Left.htm#CSHID=password.htm|StartTopic=Content%2Fsharing_pubs.htm|SkinName=svs_SD</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>and again in the table at the bottom of that webpage: “Public posting on commercial platforms (e.g., www.researchgate.net, <a href="http://www.academia.edu">www.academia.edu</a>)” :not allowed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I’ve been asking Alicia Wise, on what grounds why Elsevier takes that position. She replied: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>„Both ResearchGate & academia.edu use content commercially to sell advertising & services around the content they disseminate” and “Both ResearchGate & </span><a href="https://t.co/IQgdiiCF1s" target="_blank" title="http://Academia.edu"><span class=invisible><span lang=EN-GB style='color:blue'>academia.edu</span></span></a> <span lang=EN-GB>are problems in Germany as they go beyond private use to make NC content publicly available” (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/wisealic/status/874284792275140609"><span lang=EN-GB>https://twitter.com/wisealic/status/874284792275140609</span></a><span lang=EN-GB> and <a href="https://twitter.com/wisealic/status/874284916644696066">https://twitter.com/wisealic/status/874284916644696066</a> )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>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). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>But apart from that - what authors are doing is IMHO definitely not prohibited because they have no commercial gain whatsoever.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>What do you think?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Bernhard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>###########################################<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Dr. Bernhard Mittermaier<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Leiter der Zentralbibliothek / Head of the Central Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>52425 Jülich<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Tel ++49-2461-613013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Fax ++49-2461-616103<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich<br>Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498<br>Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher<br>Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender),<br>Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt,<br>Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>