From: Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:23:43 -0400

I find it ironic that despite the "recognition" of the "Resource
Provider" responsibility to "Ensure the integrity of content on both
institutional and commercial platforms,"

ALL of the publishers represented on the RA 21 Executive committee
have yet to manage implementation of a technology that over half the
internet is using to ensure the integrity of web content and protect
users from malware insertion. That technology is HTTPS. (Except for
Springer Link. Thank you Springer Link.)

I also find it disturbing that this group "recognizes Customer
responsibilities to:

Protect the privacy of user communities and advocate for their security"

as if "Resource Providers" do not share this responsibility.

The NISO group that I was a part of consisted of representative across
the information industry, and publisher and librarian alike agreed
strongly that user privacy was a shared responsibility. The very first
principle was :

1. Shared Privacy Responsibilities As expressed in these principles,
the ALA Code of Ethics, and the IFLA Code of Ethics, libraries and
librarians have an ethical obligation—and in some cases a legal
obligation—to preserve users' privacy and to prevent any unauthorized
collection, use, or disclosure of library users' data. Publishers and
software-providers, which operate through and for the library and its
users, share in this ongoing ethical responsibility.

http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/16064/NISO%20Privacy%20Principles.pdf

Eric (with apologies for sounding like a broken record.)

Eric Hellman
President, Free Ebook Foundation
Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/
https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/
twitter: @gluejar

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On Apr 26, 2017, at 9:40 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 21:37:30 -0400

A colleague pointed us to this STM-led initiative:

http://www.stm-assoc.org/standards-technology/ra21-resource-access-21st-century/

And I found the recent presentation given at a recent CNI meeting:

https://www.cni.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CNI_Resources_Shillum.pdf

The project is positively explained in the above sources.  Basically,
it's an effort to move away from IP authentication to more
sophisticated methods, which might help the user and also improve
publisher controls vis a vis published content.  Perhaps it might
reduce the SciHub (and like) problem?

I'd be interested in liblicense-l list members' comments on the pros
and cons of such an initiative and approach.  It would be most useful,
as this seems very important, and I'm guessing many of us feel
under-informed at this early stage.

Anyone on this list part of the pilots?

Thank you, Ann Okerson