4th OpenAIRE Workshop - Legal and Sustainability Issues for Open Access Infrastructures Nov. Vilnius Legal prototype of e-infrastructure – legal evaluation of selected usage scenarios - Nils Dietrich, Faculty of law, Goettingen University

1. N l s D et ri c h, LL. M
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Uni vers i t ät Göt t i ngen
Cont ac t : n. di et ri c h@ ura. uni - goet t i ngen. de
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Cas e St udi es
Spec i f i c Us age Sc enari os
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2. “Legal P
rot ot ype” of
e- i nf ras t ruc t ure
•Wt hi n
i
t hi s part
us e
of
of
dat a
t he s t udy t he c ons t rai nt s on t he
s t em i ng
m
f rom
IP
ri ght s
are
el aborat ed on i n det ai l .
•The
anal ys i s i s bas ed on s el ec t ed s c enari os f or t he
us age of res earc h dat a.
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•The
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3. End us er s c enari o A
P ct ure
i
a res earcher w
ho i s a part i ci pant i n an EC
proj ect and report s i n O
penA R
I Epl us an O
pen
A
cces s publ i cat i on res ul t i ng f rom t hi s EC
proj ect . The publ i cat i on ref ers t o al ready
avai l abl e pri m
ary dat a t hat has a D aCi t e- D I .
at
O
The res earcher can ei t her ent er t hi s D I or
O
brow e dat as et s w t h D aCi t e- D I s t o generat e
s
i
at
O
t he l i nk bet w
een t he publ i cat i on and t he dat a.
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4. W c h t ypes of us age are
hi
rel evant ?
•Thi s
s c enari o i s an exam e of t he l i nki ng of a
pl
publ i c at i on t o pri m
ary dat a.
• The s c i ent i s t i s abl e t o generat e a l i nk bet w
een
t he publ i c at i on and t he dat a.
• The s c i ent i s t i s abl e t o ac c es s dat as et s .
• OpenAIR has t o res ol ve t he D us i ng t he D aCi t e
E
OI
at
dat abas e.
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5. Is t here i nf ri ngem
ent of
IP ri ght s
•The t ype
of res earc h dat a t hat i s deal t w t h here i s
i
pri m
ary dat a.
•Suc h
pri m
ary dat a w l l norm l y not be prot ec t ed by
i
al
c opyri ght .
•B t he
ut
dat abas e t hat c ont ai ns t he pri m
ary dat a i s
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6. Is t here i nf ri ngem
ent of
IP ri ght s
•The us e
of a s ubs t ant i al part of a(-) abas e
dat
• The us e by t he s i ngl e res earc her
(+)
• The us e by t he OpenAIR i nf ras t ruc t ure i t s el f
E
•Ext rac t i o
n and re- ut i l i s at i on
• Ac c es s i ng
• Li nki ng
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7. Is t here i nf ri ngem
ent of
IP ri ght s
•Ac c es s i ng
• B t he us er
y
• B t he OpenAIR i nf ras t ruc t ure
y
E
•Li nki ng
• It depends on t he nat i onal j uri s di c t i on, w her
het
l i nki ng i s a rel evant ac t .
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8. Cons equenc es
•It i s
s t i l l not c l ear w
het her us ers are al l ow
ed t o
generat e l i nks t o dat a t hat i s al ready avai l abl e
on t he i nt ernet .
•OpenAIR
Ep
l us w
oul d i nf ri nge t he s ui generi s dat abas e
prot ec t i on ri ght i f i t proc es s es t he dat a of t he
D
OI w t hout t he perm s s i on of t he ri ght hol der of
i
i
t he D aCi t e dat abas e.
at
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9. Thi rd- part y provi der
s c enari o D
I n t he
N herl ands al l uni vers i t i es and t he R
et
oyal N herl ands A
et
cadem
y
of A s and Sci ences us e t he res earch i nf orm i on s ys t em cal l ed
rt
at
,
M S. I n t he open acces s part i nf orm i on on res earch proj ect s ,
ETI
at
i ncl udi ng t hei r out put , m be f ound. P s i bl e t ypes of out put
ay
os
i ncl ude dat as et s , art i cl es , conf erence papers and pres ent at i ons .
The N R S s ys t em w ch i s us ed as an aggregat or f or
A CI
, hi
O
penA R
I Epl us , harves t s m adat a f rom M S, publ i cat i on
et
ETI
repos i t ori es and dat as et repos i t ori es . W
hen m adat a of t hes e
et
di f f erent s ources s hares a com on m adat a el em , f or i ns t ance
m
et
ent
t he EU proj ect code, N R S i s abl e t o s how t he rel at i ons hi ps
A CI
bet teen p n earch p r h 2 1
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h e a su y f res I E ls o y ig ect s
organi s at i ons , res earchers and
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10. W c h t ypes of us age are
hi
rel evant ?
•M adat a
et
i s harves t ed f rom M
ETIS and ot her repos i t ori es .
•Af t er
harves t i ng, t he m adat a i s s t ored i n
et
OpenAIR
Epl us .
•NAR
CIS i s
abl e t o s how w c h doc um s s hare a m adat a
hi
ent
et
el em , e. g. w c h dat a bel ongs t o a s pec i f i c
ent
hi
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11. Is t here i nf ri ngem
ent of
IP ri ght s
•The
ac t i ons of harves t i ng m adat a c arri ed out by
et
N CIS i n t hi s s c enari o c oul d es pec i al l y
AR
i nf ri nge t he s ui generi s dat abas e prot ec t i on
ri ght of t he di f f erent repos i t ori es .
•If s om
e
of t he m adat a i s prot ec t ed by c opyri ght , t he
et
harves t i ng c oul d al s o i nf ri nge c opyri ght .
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12. Is t here i nf ri ngem
ent of
IP ri ght s
•At f i rs t
N CIS ac c es s es t he open ac c es s part of t he
AR
repos i t ori es .
•One c oul d
t hi nk about t he appl i c at i on of t he s c i ent i f i c
res earc h exc ept i on.
•NAR
CIS
s how rel at i ons hi ps bet w
s
een t he dat a.
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13. Cons equenc es
•Wt hout
i
an agreem
ent w t h t he repos i t ori es on t he
i
c opyi ng of t hei r dat a, OpenAIR i s not al l ow
E
ed
t o harves t t hei r dat a and c opy i t i nt o t he
OpenAIR i nf ras t ruc t ure.
E
•As i t i s
one of t he goal s of t he proj ec t t o enabl e t he
m ual harves t i ng of res ourc es bet w
ut
een OpenAIR
E
and ext ernal s ourc es , i t i s very i m
port ant t o
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14. Thank you
f or your
at t ent i on!
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