Albert Henderson wrote: > Again, in the case of the publication of preprints, since preprints are > published before the assignment of copyright, that publication cannot be > a violation of the ``transfer agreement,'' whatever that is.
Of course, from my point of view--and I am an editor of a scholarly journal--this is not related to copyright infringement, but to the Ingelfinger rule. So, many editors are taking a distance from this rule in the sense of recognizing the rights of the author to post pre-prints. On the other hand, this discussion would be over if editors continue to recognize the authors' rights to post their articles as e-prints in their preferred servers, and incorporate these rights in the copyright contracts. This item is related to moral copyrights rather than to the patrimonial side of the problem. I think this is the tendency and the whole copyright concept will be changing in this direction. The discussion is most enlightening. Thanks to all. Dr Guillermo J Padron Editor Ejecutivo Elfos Scientiae Apartado 6072 Ciudad Habana 6 Cuba Telefonos: (53-7) 33-1917 / 21-8008 Fax (53-7) 33-1917 / 21-8070 E-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> URL: http://www.elfosscientiae.com.cu
