[cc-community] scientific publishing on the internet

Andy Brooks abrooks at creativecommons.org
Thu May 22 12:58:56 EDT 2008


Jim Baker wrote:
> In the interest of quickly publishing novel ideas related to 
> educational technology and educational system models, I would like to 
> put this material without peer review on my web site. What are the 
> hazards that others will plagiarize me? I realize I can place a 
> copyright notice at the bottom of the page, is that now moot on the 
> web? Is work published on the web considered potentially interesting 
> (or not) but otherwise worthless to the scientific community?
>
> Comments appreciated.
> James
>
>
> It takes 20 years of hard work to become an overnight success."
> --Diana Rankin,
>   writer and public speaker
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Hi, James:

I think it's safe to say that anytime you put something up on the 
Internet there is a risk of plagiarism. However, if people kept their 
knowledge locked up then the Internet wouldn't be as rich of a resource 
for public discourse.

If you're worried about plagiarism, you could always license your work 
under a Creative Commons license. CC licenses let people redistribute 
and, depending on the license, build upon your work, while requiring 
them to give you credit for your original contributions. It's not a bad 
idea to include a copyright notice, so people know who to give 
attribution to. You can read about the various CC licenses <a 
href="http://creativecommons.org/about/license/">here</a>.

I encourage you to discuss your ideas regarding education at the <a 
href="http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-learn"ccLearn 
listserv</a>.

-Andy


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