The downfall of the Red Delicious apple provides an interesting lesson in agriculture, history, and business strategy, showing how intellectual property protections can be a force for good.
Shaun Khoo discusses the legal quandaries created by the Plan S Rights Retention Strategy (RRS).
On July 4, 1971 Michael Hart posted the first ebook file on the ARPANET and transformed content distribution.
The STM Association released an Article Sharing Framework to facilitate use of scholarly collaboration networks in compliance with new EU Copyright Directive.
Randall Munroe gives us the real scoop on what scientific papers are saying. Your suggestions welcome as well.
NFTs are the next phase in the ongoing tension between forces supporting subscriptions and those supporting ownership of content
Robert Harington talks to a range of expert stakeholders with differing views about the Plan S Rights Retention Strategy and Creative Commons Licensing. Part 2. of 2 interview posts.
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.
Unpacking each word — rights, retention, and strategy — enables understanding what this policy is and how it functions within the Plan S compliance framework.
Do Sci-Hub downloads cause more citations, or are high impact papers simply downloaded more often?
What a strange year 2020 was, in so many ways. Here, a look at the numbers for The Scholarly Kitchen for the past 365 days.
Are US federal courts enforcing Creative Commons licenses? Yes, but not as copyright holders may hope.
We stand by our data. We just won’t share it or believe that you replicated our study.
By calling its new policy a “Rights Retention Strategy,” cOAlition S is engaging in doublespeak. This strategy actually does exactly the opposite of what it claims.
In lieu of the SSP Annual Meeeting this month, a mid-year readership report for a very strange year.