From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:51:49 +0000 Having discovered that the majority of authors do not approve of the commercial reuse of their work will Taylor & Francis now suspend the selling of reprints to third-parties? David On 28 Mar 2013, at 23:38, LIBLICENSE wrote: > From: "Oosman, Aalia" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:42:38 +0000 > > Oxford, March, 2013 > > Taylor & Francis survey reveals that commercial re-use of their work > would be unacceptable to most authors > > In the third in a series of Press Releases on the themes and findings > of the Open Access Survey, Taylor & Francis investigates authors’ > attitudes and values relating to the dissemination of their research > when publishing in Open Access Journals. > > What do authors think about the re-use of their research? > > Respondents were asked how acceptable it was for their work to be > re-used in a variety of ways without their prior knowledge or > permission, provided they received credit as the original author. > > Findings from the survey demonstrate that the opinion from authors on > overall re-use was fairly evenly distributed. 40% agreed with the > statement that it was acceptable to have their work re- used in any > way, 41% did not support this - 18% did not have a strong opinion > either way. > > However, asking specifically about commercial re-use versus > non-commercial re-use brought up an interesting anomaly. When asked > about how acceptable it was for their work to be reused for > non-commercial gain, 68% of respondents agreed that it was acceptable, > with 18% deeming unacceptable. When asked their opinion about having > their work used specifically for commercial gain, however, only 18% > found this acceptable with 67% deeming this unacceptable. Therefore > we can clearly see that many of the 40% of respondents who had > originally said it was acceptable for their work to be re-used in any > way didn’t even consider commercial gain when choosing their answer. > In fact 46% of those who had agreed that their work could be re-used > in any way went on to disagree with the idea of their work being > re-used for commercial gain with a further 16% dropping to a neutral > position. > > Specific types of re-use > > Authors were asked also about their attitudes and values relating to > various specific types of re-use of their work. Support was strongest > for use in text or data mining, with 48% agreeing this is acceptable, > and weakest for the adaption of their work, with 50% deeming this > unacceptable without their prior knowledge or permission. Translation > or inclusion in an anthology elicited more evenly split responses: > > Translation of author’s work- 45% of authors were happy for other to > translate their work, 39% were not. > > Inclusion in an anthology- 45% of authors found it acceptable for > their work to be re-used in an anthology, 40% considered this > unacceptable. > > Use of author’s work in text or data mining > > The finding that almost half of the authors surveyed would find text > or data mining of their work acceptable is in line with the objectives > and aims of policy makers such as Research Councils UK and the Welcome > Trust who are strong advocates of the openness of research via these > methods. > > As noted in last week’s press release, we have taken a number of > decisions around licensing options for content to be published on an > Open Access basis. These license choices allow for text and data > mining, demonstrating that Taylor & Francis have taken feedback from > our author community, and funder requirements, into account in guiding > our policies and strategies in this area. > > Regional and Subject Differences > > This press release is accompanied by Supplement 2 to the original > report – which examines the subject, regional and country-level > variations for each question regarding the re-use of authors’ work in > full: www.tandf.co.uk/journals/explore/open-access-survey-supp2.pdf > > There are many subject and regional differences in the responses to > the questions on re-use and these are not always consistent across the > different types of re-use. Very broadly speaking authors from > Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Library and Information Sciences > tend to have more liberal views towards re-use of their work and those > from the Arts and Humanities tend to find re-use less acceptable. > > Geographically speaking respondents from Latin America and Africa tend > to be the most consistently accepting across all the re-use questions. > > The basic results from the full survey and a copy of the questionnaire > can be found here and is available under a Creative Commons > Attribution licence: > www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pdf/open-access-survey-march2013.pdf > > Follow us on Twitter for the latest news on the survey @TandFOpen (#oasurvey). > > Visit our newsroom at: http://www.tandfonline.com/page/press-releases > > For more information, please contact: > Victoria Wright, Communications Manager, Taylor & Francis Group Journals > email: [log in to unmask]