Revisiting: Years and Years of Creative Commons Confusion
Creative Commons licenses continue to confuse the communications community. Here we collect a decade-plus of articles looking to offer some clarity on their use.
Can a CC License Constrain Fair Use or Other Copyright Limitations or Exemptions?
Creative Commons (CC) licenses expand, not restrict, the permissible uses of copyrighted works.
Guest Post — Beyond Access: Untangling Copyright Confusion in Asian Open Access Journals
In Asia, open access adoption is accelerating, yet the legal and structural underpinnings of this openness remain fragile, with significant licensing and copyright confusion.
Confused and Ambivalent: Scholarly Authors and Creative Commons Licenses
An AAAS survey reveals authors’ concerns and confusion regarding open licensing of their work.
Digging into shift+OPEN: A Conversation with MIT Press
Rick Anderson interviews Nick Lindsay of MIT Press about the press’s new shift+OPEN program for subscription journals that want to go OA.
GitHub is Sued, and We May Learn Something About Creative Commons Licensing
GitHub and Microsoft are being sued for using open source software without creator attribution in alleged violation of open licensing requirements. What implications does this have for the scholarly literature and Creative Commons licenses?
Q: Can You Revoke a Creative Commons License? A: No. Er… Sort Of? Maybe?
A Creative Commons license is irrevocable; it says so right in the license. But it also says you can change your mind and distribute the work differently, or not at all. What does this mean?
XKCD on the Types of Scientific Papers — What Would You Add to this List?
Randall Munroe gives us the real scoop on what scientific papers are saying. Your suggestions welcome as well.
Plan S Rights Retention Strategy, Copyright and the Academic Community – Part One
Robert Harington talks to a range of expert stakeholders with differing views about the Plan S Rights Retention Strategy and Creative Commons Licensing. Part 1 of 2 interview posts.
Guest Post — Creative Commons in Court
Are US federal courts enforcing Creative Commons licenses? Yes, but not as copyright holders may hope.
Copyright, Creative Commons, and Confusion
In this article, Robert Harington revisits the history of copyright, steering into Creative Commons Licensing, and weighs the value of protection and reuse in light of an inexorable push towards global openness.
Guest Post: Do Authors Have Any Power Over Publishers?
Shaun Khoo questions whether authors will exercise their market power to put downward pressure on article processing charges.