Beyond Elsevier » Open@VT
pyoung's bookmarks 2013-12-23
Summary:
Elsevier has been sending takedown notices to any site hosting the final
PDF version of its journal articles. The takedowns first became
apparent on Academia.edu. Mike Taylor was one of the first to blog about it, takedown recipient Guy Leonard blogged about it, and there’s a link roundup on Confessions of a Science Librarian. Later it became clear that the takedown notices were more wide-ranging, going to hosting services like WordPress as well as universities. The blowback was enough to prompt a response from Elsevier...