[Mitarbeiter.zoologie] Some more infos to biorender from Lukas

[Robert Paxton]

Dear Simon,

This is a very serious set of allegations. If correct, then we should not use BioRender.

Thanks for the info,

Robert


> On 24 Oct 2024, at 16:20, Simon Tragust <simon.tragust at zoologie.uni-halle.de> wrote:
> 
> See below
> 
> >>> Am 24.10.2024 um 12:40, "Koch, Lukas" <lukas.koch at fu-berlin.de> <lukas.koch at fu-berlin.de> schrieb:
> Hi,
> I Just learned from the notes on the pathogen meeting that you discussed purchasing a biorender licence. Just FYI,
> here is an excerpt of an email that my PI recently circulated in our group at the FU Berlin:
> 
> "Dear all,
> 
> I strongly discourage you from using BioRender in the future. They have a ridiculous licensing policy. Even with the paid license (!),
> all figures you create are owned by BioRender,
> you do not have any rights at all to use your figures if not approved by BioRender, meaning you
> can only use their figures in publications after their formal approval of each individual figure,
> and you still have to add a “Created with BioRender.com”.
> 
> Also, they breach European digital rights protection laws, as they inspect and police your files.
> 
> Last but not least, you cannot publish your manuscripts Open Access with the common CC BY license if you use BioRender figures – because their license terms make it impossible to put BioRender figures under CC BY. I have heard from a scientist that he was forced by BioRender to issue a correction to one of his papers published in PLOS ONE and to remove his BioRender-generated figures from this paper."
> 
> Of course it is still a useful software.
> 
> Best,
> Lukas
> 
> FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN
> Pharmazeutische Biologie / Pharmaceutical Biology
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> D-14195 Berlin
> Von: Mitarbeiter.zoologie <mitarbeiter.zoologie-bounces at lists.uni-halle.de> im Auftrag von Simon Tragust <simon.tragust at zoologie.uni-halle.de>
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2024 11:36:35
> An: mitarbeiter.zoologie at lists.uni-halle.de
> Betreff: [Mitarbeiter.zoologie] Pathogen meeting notes 24.10.2024
>  
> Here is a link to the notes on today's pathogen meeting:
> 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M-rCQdJVdmUM1LOofaVhHqzepoUKxEGr/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101634395873576649257&rtpof=true&sd=true
> 
> best
> 
> simon
> 
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