Here’s the update from APA:
http://www.apa.org/news/press/
“The American Psychological Association announced today that it is targeting online piracy websites and not individual authors in its efforts to curtail the unauthorized sharing on the internet of articles published in the association’s journals.
The move — a change to a recently launched pilot program — came in response to concerns voiced by some authors who were surprised to hear from their academic institutions that they should remove final APA copyrighted articles from their websites.”
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Subject: APA issuing takedown notices to authors
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:02:06 +0000
Hi everyone,
The American Psychological Association started a “pilot program” issuing takedown notices to authors who had posted the final published pdfs of their articles on personal websites, ResearchGate, and Academia.edu (among other sites).
To be perfectly clear, APA is operating well within their rights here– authors did sign an agreement granting APA copyright to their works, and APA grants back the right for authors to archive their final accepted manuscript (or post prints), but not the final version of record. However, the step of issuing these notices directly to authors is unusual, since it dispels the illusion that they still have the rights to share their work however they like, especially on scholarly social networks. This makes them more likely to re-evaluate their publishing options.
Here are a few sources for commentary:
· The Scientist - Authors Peeved by APA’s article Takedown Pilot
· Retraction Watch: Researchers protest publisher’s orders to remove papers from their websites
· Update: a member of the APA board of directors, Ian Gutierrez, tweeted today that APA will suspend this program, but the formal announcement has not yet been posted.
Get out the popcorn and enjoy!
Anali Maughan Perry
Associate Librarian - Collections & Scholarly Communication
ASU Library