[open-science] [Open-access] February 25 is [[Copyright transfer agreement]] day

Mon Feb 27 16:20:43 UTC 2012

I asked them yesterday:
https://twitter.com/EvoMRI/status/173878385028763649 .
So did Alex, I think.
No reply either way so far.
Daniel

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Kuan Hon <w.hon at qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
> On 26/02/2012 15:01 Peter Murray-Rust wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Daniel Mietchen<
>> daniel.mietchen at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Next twist to the story - the file has now been nominated for deletion:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Scientist-meets-publisher-English.ogv
>>>
>>> Oh dear. What a world we live in.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Could it be that Alex didn't have the right to release the video under
>>> CC0 if it was produced using the Xtranormal software, even though he
>>> paid for using it?
>>>
>>> Xtranormal's terms of service are at http://www.xtranormal.com/tos/ .
>
>
> Has anyone asked Xtranormal?
>
> Their TOS isn't the clearest (very few are!) but further down that page it
> says:
>
> 'Please note that if you want to create a video, post it on YouTube to
> benefit from their advertising revenue sharing program you do not need a
> “Business” or “Reselling” account.'
>
> This suggests that they might regard 'personal use' as including posting
> online for free, *without* benefit of ad revenue. Or even if they don't,
> maybe they'll consent to the Wikimedia posting anyway - great free publicity
> for them?
>
> Kuan