Today, New Media Rights joined a global coalition of access to research, science and education organizations to call on STM to withdraw their new model licenses. The new model licenses are not only largely incompatible with other open licenses systems but are also internally inconsistent. This new licensing system will also likely cause substantial confusion and do more to impede the flow of critical scientific research than it will to foster knowledge. Finally the new licenses will also create substantial legal uncertainty, which could only be resolved through costly litigation in multiple jurisdictions all around the world.
A complete list of signatories as well as the full letter can be found here.
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