[Open-access] Fwd: How Springer Images is damaging Open Access

Wed Jun 6 12:05:41 UTC 2012

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Klaus Graf

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From: Klaus Graf <klausgraf at googlemail.com>
Date: 2009/7/9
Subject: How Springer Images is damaging Open Access
To: liblicense-l at lists.yale.edu

There is a new Toll Access database (with a small free section)
called Springer Images which contains pictures under a Creative
Commons Noncommercial License (resulting from Springer's Open
Choice) but without mentioning the license.

See http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/5814210/ (in German)

It is questionable if it is not legal what Springer is doing but
I am convinced that it is definitively against the spirit of Open
Access/Open Choice. If someone pays 3000 dollars for a CC-BY-NC
license he should get it. This means also that non-commercial
datamining must be allowed because the license allows it. If
Springer uses the images of Open Choice articles Springer has to
tag them with their CC license! (BTW: Google has now announced
officially the CC filter in its Image Search.)

Klaus Graf