Creative commons and open access to scholarly works: common myths about an imperfect match

Adequate licensing and attribution of scholarly work in the digital age have presented many issues for scholarly and publishing communities. While many open access advocates consider Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) to be consistent with the strongest form of open access as it includes the least restrictions, Heather Morrison compares the various CC licenses and argues that the lack of restrictions of CC-BY actually leaves open access vulnerable and other options should be explored.