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petersuber Nov 30, 2022

#Texas universities negotiated lower prices from #Elsevier. Plus this interesting pilot project:

"TLCUA [Texas Library Coalition for United Action] & Elsevier…agreed to…a pilot project to revert ownership of journal articles back to original authors —& not just those at TLCUA-member institutions. Currently, authors transfer #copyright of their work in exchange for…being published. This pilot will provide for rights to go back to authors after a period of time."
https://tlcua.org/news/2022/11/30/texas-universities-reach-historic-deal-with-elsevier/

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Wesley Cornett

@petersuber How do you think the copyright pilot project relates to the trends in #RightsRetention?

Is the pilot project in direct competition with rights retention policies?

Is it an attempt by #Elsevier to carve out an alternative path on copyright where they concede to some degree of rights retention while preserving a great deal of copyright control? If so, do people have thoughts on how defining "a period of time" could impact the significance of the concession to authors?