DigitalCommons@URI Terms Scorecard

Grade A+ — Highly protective (score 100/100)

These terms govern the use of open access scholarly articles at the University of Rhode Island, focusing on academic reuse rights while prohibiting commercial exploitation.

Open access terms for scholarly articles. No predatory clauses found.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
NO
Forced arbitration
NO
Trains AI on your content
NO
Collects biometric data
NO
Shares data with government
NO
Easy to cancel
UNCLEAR
Tells you before changes
UNCLEAR
Deletes data on request
UNCLEAR

What the terms actually say

Permitted Uses

You may use, reproduce, distribute, and display the OAP Articles for: 1. personal study; 2. teaching... 3. research and scholarship... and 4. provision of value-added services

The policy explicitly grants broad rights for academic and research-related reuse of the articles.

Commercial Restrictions

you will not sell or charge for any OAP Article (whether or not any profit is involved) and will not sell advertising on the same page

The articles are provided for non-commercial use only; you cannot monetize them or place ads alongside them.

Attribution Requirements

if you make an OAP Article available to others, you will retain with the article its title, the name of the author(s), a reference to these Terms of Use, and any copyright notice

Users are required to maintain proper attribution and copyright notices when redistributing content.

Last reviewed 2026-08-04 under rubric v3.5.

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