Editing Elsevier (section)

===== Action against academics posting their own articles online =====
In 2013, [[Digimarc]], a company representing Elsevier, told the [[University of Calgary]] to remove articles published by faculty authors on university web pages; although such [[self-archiving]] of academic articles may be legal under the [[fair dealing]] provisions in Canadian [[copyright law]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Mike Masnick |title=Elsevier Ramps Up Its War On Access To Knowledge |url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131218/00393725601/elsevier-ramps-up-its-war-access-to-knowledge.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001756/https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131218/00393725601/elsevier-ramps-up-its-war-access-to-knowledge.shtml |archive-date=12 April 2018 |access-date=1 May 2018 |newspaper=[[Techdirt]]}}</ref> the university complied. [[Harvard University]] and the [[University of California, Irvine]] also received [[Notice and take down|takedown notices]] for self-archived academic articles, a first for Harvard, according to [[Peter Suber]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Andrea |date=19 December 2013 |title=How one publisher is stopping academics from sharing their research |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/12/19/how-one-publisher-is-stopping-academics-from-sharing-their-research/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106141817/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/12/19/how-one-publisher-is-stopping-academics-from-sharing-their-research/ |archive-date=6 January 2015 |access-date=6 January 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Masnick |first1=Mike |date=20 December 2013 |title=Elsevier Ramps Up Its War On Access To Knowledge |url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131218/00393725601/elsevier-ramps-up-its-war-access-to-knowledge.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001756/https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131218/00393725601/elsevier-ramps-up-its-war-access-to-knowledge.shtml |archive-date=12 April 2018 |access-date=6 January 2015 |work=[[Techdirt]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=How one publisher is stopping academics from sharing their research |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/12/19/how-one-publisher-is-stopping-academics-from-sharing-their-research/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119234726/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/12/19/how-one-publisher-is-stopping-academics-from-sharing-their-research/ |archive-date=19 November 2016 |access-date=26 March 2017 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>

Months after its acquisition of [[Academia.edu]] rival [[Mendeley]], Elsevier sent thousands of takedown notices to Academia.edu, a practice that has since ceased following widespread complaint by academics, according to Academia.edu founder and chief executive Richard Price.<ref name="Parr2014">{{cite journal |last1=Parr |first1=Chris |date=12 June 2014 |title=Sharing is a way of life for millions on Academia.edu |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/sharing-is-a-way-of-life-for-millions-on-academiaedu/2013839.article?nopaging=1 |url-status=live |journal=Times Higher Education |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208173402/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sharing-is-a-way-of-life-for-millions-on-academiaedu/2013839.article?nopaging=1 |archive-date=8 February 2023 |access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="Howard2013">{{cite journal |last1=Howard |first1=Jennifer |date=6 December 2013 |title=Posting Your Latest Article? You Might Have to Take It Down |url=https://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/posting-your-latest-article-you-might-have-to-take-it-down/48865 |url-status=live |journal=The Chronicle of Higher Education |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908075810/http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/posting-your-latest-article-you-might-have-to-take-it-down/48865 |archive-date=8 September 2015 |access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref>

After Elsevier acquired the repository [[SSRN]] in May 2016, academics started complaining that some of their work has been removed without notice. The action was explained as a technical error.<ref>Mike Masnick [https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160718/02211935003/just-as-open-competitor-to-elseviers-ssrn-launches-ssrn-accused-copyright-crackdown.shtml ''SSRN accused of copyright crackdown''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625214815/https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160718/02211935003/just-as-open-competitor-to-elseviers-ssrn-launches-ssrn-accused-copyright-crackdown.shtml|date=25 June 2018}}, Techdirt.</ref>