10.28.16 Licensing Your Research Data

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•  Transparency•  Fundermandates•  Increasescholarlyimpact• Downstreaminnovation•  Supportthecommons

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• Whatagreementsdidyouenterinto?•  Employmentagreements/worksforhire• UCBerkeley:©policiesplusAcademicPersonnelManual• Grantterms/sponsoredprojects

ByCrisco1492,CC-BY2.0

• Howdidyoucreatethedata?•  Licenseddatabase?• Websiteorrepository?• Otherresearchers’work?•  Interviews&observations?

ByNickomargolies,CCBY2.5

I’mnotascuteasIlook

• Contracts•  EULAs/termsofuse•  Employmentcontracts•  Fundingagreements

• Copyright•  Exclusiverights,limitedperiodoftime• Notfacts/ideas,butnotallfacetsofdatasets“pure”facts

• Tradesecrets•  Infoderives$valuefromnotbeinggenerallyknown• Mustbesubjecttoreasonableprotectionmeasures

• Privacy•  Coreprincipalofethicalresearchandlawofmanycountries•  Precautionstoanonymizeorprotectenoughtolicensereuse?

• “Suigeneris”databaserights(EUandSouthKorea)•  Propertyrightrewardingeffortinobtainingdata• Non-commercialexception• AnEU/SK-createddatabase,usedinEU/SK

• Internationalvariations• Separateissueofembargoesforfuturepatents

• Protects ofideas, themselves.But…•  Factsvs.compilations•  Expressive&qualitativedata•  (Thin)layersofprotectionfordatabases•  Expressivedata•  Organizationalstructures•  Descriptivemetadata

CC0(Waiver)

PublicDomain(Label)

CC-BY(License)

• Avoidambiguity•  orifyoucan

canàconfusion•  Licensedoesn’tcoverfacts,sowhat’sprotected?•  EvenCC-Bydoesn’trequireattributionfornon-©facts•  Scholarlynormssuggestattributionregardless

SampleRepositoryTerms•  DataONEDash=releasedtopublicdomainunderCCwaiver(CC0)•  UCDash=releasedunderCCattributionlicense(CC-By)

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