Does anyone has this paper in pdf?
Rolf Turner-3 wrote:
Is this really a violation of copyright? If I have a copy of a journal I believe it is within the compass of ``fair practice'' (or some such jargon) to make a photocopy of a particular article and give this copy to a colleague or student for research purposes. Likewise I believe it is ``fair practice'' for me to send a copy of a pdf file (that I have legitimately acquired) to a colleague or student for research purposes.
Yes I believe it would constitute a breach of copyright. I looked up the copyright information at the local University (see http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/copyrigh.html ) and I'd imagine its similar elsewhere. The particular point regarding copying is probably http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/copyrules.html and this sentence is the most pertinent... "A key feature of the 1988 Act is that anyone wishing to make a single copy of a short extract from any book, journal or newspaper for the purposes of research for a non-commercial purpose or private study, is likely to be able to do so under the "fair dealing" provisions." Its slightly ambiguous but I'd imagine that its an individual who has to make the copy for themselves. If copying material for others were permissible then as Wacek points out the whole thing would break down as it could then go on ad nauseum. Note there is a link to issues dealing with teaching material, and I'd imagine colleagues at your institution are likely to have the same access rights, so technically its just as easy to send them a link to download a paper themselves.
Rolf Turner-3 wrote:
It always gets fussy and fiddly whenever legal issues arise. It would be nice if there were no such thing as ``intellectual property'' (which has always seemed to me to be an oymoron) and no such thing as lawyers.
I agree access to all research should be open, particularly if its been funded by public bodies. A series of videos from BioMed Central on the issue of Open Acccess is at http://uk.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=49C6909B5770663A Neil
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