I can tell you that it is a waste of time trying to contact the publisher... An Elsevier representative told me that the issue is out of print and they do not have reprint service anymore. They offered to individually reprint the entire journal issue for a couple of hundred dollars (my boss said no). I'm not a student and therefore can't get any cooperation from the local universities. I even emailed Dr Forgy (and tried to find a coworker of his during a stint at Ericcson) about the Elsevier problems (but they didn't respond - and I started feeling like a stalker so I gave up).
Good luck, James -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Oliver Hoffmann Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 6:54 AM To: Jess Mailing List Subject: JESS: "publications" / Forgy paper Hi :) I highly doubt that the contents of published academic papers are generally copyright protected. What might be copyright protected is the specific paper version of a specific paper as distributed by a specific publisher. The point of publishing research results is to make them readily available, therefore "copyright" is simply the wrong approach here. More information on http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Tp/resolution.htm I don't want to encourage anyone to re-distribute scanned journal pages without authorization etc., but there are better ways to deal with academic content than waiting for a library employee to get a photocopy .... within some weeks. I highly recommend self-archiving content and making these copies available over personal or university web sites and I also highly recommend getting original articles from the people or institutions that created them - everything else is pre-internet and a waste of time and effort. :) Oliver Hoffmann At 04:23 AM 1/02/2002 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi Folks, > >This comes up periodically, so please forgive the intrusion while I >discuss it, once again. > >The Charles Forgy paper on the Rete algorithm was published in an >academic journal called "Artificial Intelligence." The contents are >protected by copyright law. Although you can make a photocopy for your >own use, it's illegal to (for instance) scan it into your computer and >post the result on the Internet. Whatever you do, do -not- post a copy >to this mailing list, nor even post the URL where it might be >downloaded. This goes for any other copyrighted material as well, of >course. If you're interested in getting a copy of this paper (or any >academic paper): > >1) Go to your local public library, or the library of your local >college or University; or ask a student friend or a friend in another >country to do so. > >2) Check their collection for the appropriate issue of the journal. >It's 20 years old, so may be on microfilm or archived in some other >way. Ask the librarian for help -- that's why they're there. > >3) If they have it, great, make yourself a copy. > >4) If they don't, go to the front desk and ask them to get a copy >through the "Interlibrary Loan" program. They should be able to get it >within a few weeks. > > > >--------------------------------------------------------- >Ernest Friedman-Hill >Distributed Systems Research Phone: (925) 294-2154 >Sandia National Labs FAX: (925) 294-2234 >Org. 8920, MS 9012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >PO Box 969 http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov >Livermore, CA 94550 > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' >in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use >your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] >-------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
