From: "Seeley, Mark (ELS-CMA)" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:02:48 +0000 I’ve read all the comments with interest—but on the point, which I often see reinforced in mass media (especially the not very well informed sources), about “access to scholarship”—Elsevier and most STM publishers provide for lots of ways for authors to share and post preprints and manuscripts—our OA policies and Green policies particularly are laid out here--- https://www.elsevier.com/about/open-science/open-access -- most of these policies by the way have been in place for a decade or more and pre-date the prevalence of Internet sites of any kind. As a general proposition, we draw the line at the Version of Record—which is after all the version of the article where the greatest investment takes place involving the editing/publishing process. We do not object and specifically identify sharing policies for preprints and for pre-final manuscripts—although we do require the compliance with embargo periods for revised author manuscripts and commercial sites (we are also a supporter of the STM sharing principles guideline for scholarly sharing/networking sites). In all of this we are trying to find the right balance between accessibility, scholarly communications and a viable business model (for the non-OA/subscription side). As many of you will also know, our OA journals and options are also growing very rapidly. It does mean that when it comes to posting of non-OA VoRs, or embargo violations by commercial sites, we will take legal action from time to time, if we are not able to come to a reasonable agreement with the site (which is always our preferred option). Best, Mark Mark Seeley, Senior Vice President & General Counsel Elsevier (: Direct: +1 (781) 663-2241; Mobile: +1 (781) 354-4429 *: [log in to unmask] Internal Elsevier Legal department intranet site: http://nonsolus/legaldepartment/ External information at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home