Should OAI-compliant repositories use copyrighted metadata and limit harvesting to those who have prior permission? Klaus Graf argues against the practice in this posting to InetBib (in German). For example, the Humboldt University Berlin uses copyrighted metadata in its repository and would like to forbid harvesting by commercial users. Graf argues that the HUB policy is counterproductive and that existing literature on copyright and OAI (such as Gadd, Oppenheim, and Probets 2003) do not adequately explore these issues.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/23/2006 11:32:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
