I just downloaded a paper from the Fishery Bulletin, a US government
publication, and was pleased to see the following notice on their website:
"Although the contents of the Fishery Bulletins have not been copyrighted
and may be reprinted entirely, reference to source is appreciated. Please
credit the NOAA Central Library Data Imaging Project when using these
reports. Share the results of your research with any of the staff members
below."
This goes even beyond the position of the Canadian government and I think is
a positive note in the copyright debate. I also think that the EU is taking
steps to ensure access to the results of the research they fund, although I
don't know the details. However dissemination is now an important component
of all EU research and the reports from the EU projects I have worked on are
freely available on the project websites.
Bill Silvert
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Silvert" <cien...@silvert.org>
To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access and Intellectual Imperialism
It's a good point, and I would like to note that the Canadian government
has adopted this policy. Many papers published by government agencies,
such as the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, are free
to Canadians while others have to pay.
Actually though the policy is not exactly as stated - while they state
that the papers are free to all Canadian citizens, the truth is that they
are only free to Canadian residents, presumably by checking the address
from which the request comes. Thus an Albanian visiting Toronto has free
access to all these journals, while I, a Canadian citizen living in
Portugal, do not! Frustrating, but a step in the right direction.
By the way, my wife desperately needs a reprint of a 2001 paper in CJFAS -
if any kind Canadian residents would like to help her, please write me off
list for details.
Bill Silvert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dong Gill Kim" <donggill...@gmail.com>
To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access and Intellectual Imperialism
I think (as an ordinary guy, no law major and even did not take any law
subject) logically the results from projects funded by tax money should
be
available for tax payers (including us) without any restriction. We pay
for research and then we pay for reading results of the research. Isn't
it
double payment? Is there any thing wrong in my logic? What do you think
about this logic in the big picture not just focused on any law related
to
copywright or properties?
