publishing - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com When science has a story Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:53:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.talksciencetome.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-tsm-logo-512-32x32.png publishing - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com 32 32 159279938 Predatory publishing: Open access on the prowl? https://www.talksciencetome.com/2015/12/08/predatory-publishing-open-access-prowl/ Tue, 08 Dec 2015 22:05:30 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=2897 If you follow science communications in general out there on the Web, you’ll have noticed last month’s Open Access (OA) Week, when the academic and research publishing world celebrates making knowledge available for all. Maybe you’ve wondered what OA is all about, and what makes it different from traditional research publishing. You may also have… Read More »Predatory publishing: Open access on the prowl?

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]]> 2897 Image permission: Doing it right https://www.talksciencetome.com/2013/02/15/image-permission-doing-it-right/ Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:33:30 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=478 Whether you’re putting together a permanent exhibit or a last-minute powerpoint, it’s all but inevitable that you’ll encounter a point at which the most sensible option is to use material that someone else created. This is more frequently the case with images since they’re usually harder to recreate yourself. And in the age of Google Images and instant screenshots, there’s almost nothing in practical terms that can stop you from using any picture you want. Here at Talk Science however, we recommend being careful with your media usage— and we negotiate image permission for many of our clients.

There are some misconceptions about this. Some people seem to think that the fact that an image has been posted online, or even published at all, makes it fair game. Or that simple attribution (like citing a published text) is sufficient, with no need to consult the originator. Or that all images are freely available for non-commercial use. None of these is the case—the last is true of specific Creative Commons licenses, but not all. And while we’re at it, you don’t need to mail yourself anything in order to secure rights to work that you’ve created.

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