From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 19:37:33 -0400


March 28, 2014 - of possible interest, esp. in relation to the UK
copyright revision process, posted last week.

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In response to the recent launch of Elsevier's policy on text and data
mining, LIBER has produced a discussion paper which analyses the
potential impact of the policy, the associated click-through licence,
and the API.

It is understood that Science Direct institutional subscription
agreements will be updated to reflect the new Elsevier policy. The
discussion paper outlines the limits of this policy and its potential
to undermine the scientific freedom of the researcher.

LIBER  believes that the right to read is the right to mine and that
that licensing will never bridge the gap in the current copyright
framework as it is unscalable and resource intensive. Furthermore, as
this discussion paper highlights, licensing has the potential to limit
the innovative potential of digital research methods by:

1.  restricting the tools that researchers can use

2.  limiting the way in which research results can be made available

2.  impacting on the transparency and reproducibility of research results

http://www.libereurope.eu/news/liber-response-to-elsevier%E2%80%99s-text-and-data-mining-policy