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- From: Pete Strickland <ps@iucr.org>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:00:24 +0100
- Organization: IUCr
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subject: Report on digital deposit practises At this site: http://www.europeanlibrary.org/pdf/tel_d1.2v1.0.pdf you will find a report from an EU funded project being undertaken by Liesbeth Oskamp of the (NL) Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Here is the abstract from the report: This report is the second deliverable of work package 1 (WP1) of the TEL (The European Library) project, presenting the results of a questionnaire on digital depositing among European publishers. This report has two important outcomes: 1. More dialogue with publishers is needed to fully learn how optimal co-operation between publishers and national libraries can be reached. The survey presented here is just a starting point. 2. A condition for obtaining the support of publishers for TEL is that agreements between TEL and publishers on the deposit of digital publications are bilateral agreements. The differences in national circumstances and in the wishes and demands of individual publisher make that necessary. As a follow-up face-to-face visits with publishers will provide more detailed information necessary to draw up an agenda for harmonisation between national libraries and publishers on digital deposit. The current CENL/FEP statement will be updated and a plan will be drawn up and executed to raise awareness on the statement. At the end of the project a handbook will be compiled with guidelines on the digital depositing for libraries and publishers. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subject: OAI-Rights - a white paper At this url: http://www.openarchives.org/documents/OAIRightsWhitePaper.html You will find a white paper from the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) which explains the case for extending existing OAI protocols to cover IPR. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subject: WSIS, PrepCom 3 outcomes At this URL: http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=20344 You will find an agency report on the outcomes of this meeting, held in Geneva over the last two weeks. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subject: European Parliament passes draft directive on computer related patents The European Parliament yesterday approved a controversial proposal for a Directive on the patentability of computer- implemented inventions, but only after making amendments to ensure that patents would not be issued for "actual software." The amendments to the original text have tightened the wording - the draft now states that a computer-implemented invention should not be regarded as making a technical contribution merely because it involves the use of a computer, network or other programmable apparatus. This means that patents should not be granted for software inventions that implement business, mathematical or other methods and do not produce any technical effects beyond the normal physical interactions between a program and the machine or network on which it operates. The draft was also amended to ensure that the use of a patented technique in order to ensure interoperability between two different computer systems or networks would not be regarded as a breach of that patent. Finally, MEPs have worded the law to ensure that suppliers cannot be sued for infringing a patent - so only the end-users face this risk. EU Commissioner Bolkestein had warned at the start of the debate that if the amendments were passed then the Commission, which still has to approve the draft directive, could well withdraw the Directive. It is possible that the Commission would rather renegotiate the existing European Patent Convention than accept amendments that would, in its view, weaken the EU industry globally. The draft directive now goes before the Council of Ministers on 10th November, and will then return to the Parliament for a second reading. The report of the European Parliament Member who acted as rapporteur for the Parliament's examination of the draft can be found at: http://www2.europarl.eu.int/omk/sipade2?PUBREF=-//EP//NONSGML+REPORT+A5- 2003-0238+0+DOC+WORD+V0//EN&L=EN&LEVEL=2&NAV=S&LSTDOC=Y ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- Best wishes Peter Strickland Managing Editor IUCr Journals ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IUCr Editorial Office, 5 Abbey Square, Chester CH1 2HU, England Phone: 44 1244 342878 Fax: 44 1244 314888 Email: ps@iucr.org Ftp: ftp.iucr.org WWW: http://journals.iucr.org/ NEWSFLASH: Complete text of all IUCr journals back to 1948 now online! Visit Crystallography Journals Online for more details _______________________________________________ Epc mailing list Epc@iucr.org http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/epc
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