Podcasts and videos on scholarly publishing
Listen to and watch MIT staff and faculty and other experts talk about various aspects of scholarly publishing & copyright.
Podcasts
- Professor Hal Abelson on supporting our intellectual commons
Listen (22:53) | More info - Professor Craig Carter on the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy
Listen (5:32) | More info - Researcher Gari Clifford on choosing open models that support authors and readers
Listen (18:58) | More info - Librarian Ellen Finnie on Radio Free Culture: “Wishing You a Happy Fair Use Week”
Listen and more info - Professor Kai von Fintel on the launch of a new open access journal in linguistics
Listen (11:11) | More info - Librarian Tracy Gabridge on assessing the vulnerability of conference proceedings
Listen (14:35) | More info - Librarian Steve Gass on transforming scientific communication
Listen (14:35) | More info - Librarian Anna Gold on assessing the vulnerability of conference proceedings
Listen (14:35) | More info - Professor Eric von Hippel on openness, innovation, and scholarly publishing
Listen (8:33) | More info - Professor John H. Lienhard V on making his text book open access
Listen (15:10) | More info - Professor George Stiny: “The Secret Formula is this: Copy!”
Listen (8:43) | More info - Professor George Stiny on the “copy” in copyright
Listen (14:42) | More info - John Wilbanks (from Science Commons, now part of Creative Commons) on the barriers to the flow of scientific knowledge
Listen (14:35) | More info - Professor JoAnne Yates on making MIT Sloan teaching materials available.
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Videos
- Open sharing with an OA license: Short video on MIT’s opt-in open access license & why to use it
- Fan fiction & fair use – 2/22/17 (50:38)
Though many content creators support or even encourage fan-made books, comics, plays, or films inspired by their work, others see them as infringing their copyrights or eating into their profits. In this talk, Harvard Copyright Advisor Kyle Courtney explores court cases related to fan fiction and fair use. Cases discussed include the recently settled Star Trek case, Paramount Pictures v. Axanar, and the JK Rowling/Harry Potter lawsuit. - A Window on Fair Use (9:39)
Explains how you can rely on “fair use” under US copyright law to legally reuse content. - Fair use in scholarly journal and book publishing – 2/23/16 (55:40)
In celebration of Fair Use Week, this panel discussion explored the barriers and issues that arise when scholarly publishers consider whether to allow fair use as a basis for including third-party material in scholarly articles and books, and considered the implications for authors and the scholarly publishing process. - MIT Faculty on Open Access (5:06)
MIT faculty share their thoughts on the evolution of scholarly publishing, and the goals and impact of the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy. - MIT Faculty Open Access Policy (2:53)
Professor Hal Abelson speaks about the MIT Faculty Open Access policy. - Scholarly Publication & Copyright
- Part 1: Copyright Law & Publication (5:38)
- Part 2: Retaining Rights (9:46)
- Part 3: Publishing Through Open Access Channels (8:55)