Re: The German problem with OA

2009-02-15 Thread Arthur Sale
Klaus I take it then that we agree at least that the German problem (if it exists) is confined solely to Germany? That seems to be a logical consequence. Arthur Sale -Original Message- From: American Scientist Open Access Forum

Re: Fair-Use/Schmair-Use...

2009-02-15 Thread Arthur Sale
[ The following text is in the UTF-8 character set. ] [ Your display is set for the iso-8859-1 character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] I agree with Stevan. A simple reading of copyright law in some countries does imply that if you sign away copyright you

Re: Fair-Use/Schmair-Use...

2009-02-15 Thread Sally Morris (Morris Associates)
[ The following text is in the utf-8 character set. ] [ Your display is set for the iso-8859-1 character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] The first step of the ÿÿthree step testÿÿ is important ÿÿ the use has to be a ÿÿspecial caseÿÿ (i.e. not systematic)  

Re: Fair-Use/Schmair-Use...

2009-02-15 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Sally Morris (Morris Associates) sa...@morris-assocs.demon.co.uk wrote: The first step of the 'three step test' is important - the use has to be a 'special case' (i.e. not systematic) The non-systematicity is in the author's individual, case-by-case

UK's HEFCE Squandering Its Credibility and Assets In Research Assessment

2009-02-15 Thread Stevan Harnad
Re: Corbyn, Zoë (2009) Conflict of interest warning over Evidence sale [to Thompson Reuters]. Times Higher Education Supplement. 22 January 2009 There is indeed not only a potential but an actual conflict of interest when the party that is comparing and assessing the

Re: Fair-Use/Schmair-Use...

2009-02-15 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Klaus Graf klausg...@googlemail.com wrote: As I have shown at http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/5193609/ the Request button isn't legal in Germany. (1) I regret to point out that -- like everyone else in this discussion -- you have not shown,

Re: Fair-Use/Schmair-Use...

2009-02-15 Thread Klaus Graf
2009/2/15 Stevan Harnad amscifo...@gmail.com: On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Klaus Graf klausg...@googlemail.com wrote: As I have shown at http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/5193609/ the Request button isn't legal in Germany. I have serious doubts that you have the knowledge to refute my

Re: UK's HEFCE Squandering Its Credibility and Assets In Research Assessment

2009-02-15 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 3:01 PM, c.oppenh...@lboro.ac.uk wrote: the deal for the evaluation for the REF Pilot was ALWAYS only to use Web of Knwledge as the database That is bad enough news in itself. REF should be test piloting a rich battery of multiple references, from multiple

Re: UK's HEFCE Squandering Its Credibility and Assets In Research Assessment

2009-02-15 Thread Charles Oppenheim
Having worked for Thomson companies in the past I can confirm that Thomson leaves them very much to their own devices and makes no effort to get them to follow a party line. In any case, all Evidence is doing is an analysis of the REF Pilot, not the main REF itself. contracts for running the

Re: Copright rarely exclusive

2009-02-15 Thread Charles Oppenheim
Sorry, but many publishers require assignment, which is not a licence to publish but complete transfer of the copyright. Then it IS like selling your house or car! Moral Rights exist in some countries, but not all. in any case, if you retain your Moral Rights but have assigned copyright, you get

Re: Fair-Use/Schmair-Use...

2009-02-15 Thread Leslie Carr
[This message was posted on JISC-REPOSITORIES and is reproduced here on the request of the AMSCI moderator.] On 15 Feb 2009, at 19:56, Charles Oppenheim wrote on the JISC- REPOSITORIES mailing list: I agree that the publisher cannot demand destruction of copies made PRIOR to the assignment,

Re: Fair-Use/Schmair-Use...

2009-02-15 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Klaus Graf klausg...@googlemail.com wrote:   Klaus Graf:  Every one can repeat my little experiment with [the Button, using] a mail adress not indicating his name or affiliation OA means: each scholar with internet access has

Re: Copright rarely exclusive

2009-02-15 Thread Sally Morris (Morris Associates)
Actually a growing number (though still a minority) of publishers either don't ask for copyright transfer, or - if the author demurs - will provide a Licence to Publish document instead. John Laura Cox, in their regular studies for ALPSP, found: In 2003, 83% of publishers required copyright

Copyright: example of rights-sharing with copyright transfer

2009-02-15 Thread Heather Morrison
[ The following text is in the WINDOWS-1252 character set. ] [ Your display is set for the iso-8859-1 character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] As ONE illustration of how rights are generally shared between author and publisher, even with a copyright transfer