In the digital age, the legal situation of the data produced in research projects that are relevant to an international research community such as the TEI is becoming more and more important. Because of differences in national laws, data produced and legally reusable in one country can be unprocessable in another. Therefore, ready-made licenses have become a powerful tool to facilitate digital research on an international scale. This paper discusses the concept of copyright in the context of global laws that make open licenses vital for ensuring the sustainability of (digital) research data. Three types of ready-made licenses (Creative Commons, Open Data Commons, and Digital Peer Publishing Licenses) and their specific strengths are examined. Finally, the history of the transformation of the abstracts of the 2016 TEI Conference and Members’ Meeting will serve as an example to show what proper licensing can do to push the research process.
Das Ja des EuGH zur Existenz von Gebrauchtsoftware ist klar und überraschend - und möglicherweise ein Pyrrhussieg. Eine Analyse u.a. der Effekte auf Online-Dienste und MP3s, E-Books, usw.
Der EuGH hat entschieden, dass gebrauchte Lizenzen von heruntergeladener Software weiterverkauft werden dürfen. Das ist ein Signal auch an die Musik- und Buchbranche. Das Urteil stärkt auch die Seriosität der beklagten Firma UsedSoft GmbH, die gegen Orcle den Prozess gewann.
Digital content, unlike print materials, is sold to libraries under a range of licensing terms. (...) The Digital Content & Libraries Working Group (DCWG) began documenting and describing attributes of various licensing arrangements libraries may have with publishers in the August 2012 report Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries. Now we are pleased to share The Ebook Business Model Scorecard, which more fully examines the variables often seen in ebook license agreements or contracts.
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