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- From: Pete Strickland <ps@iucr.org>
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 17:18:31 +0100
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---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Fwd: New Study on Fair Use - Australia Date: Sunday 15 May 2005 9:45 am From: Barry Mahon <barry.mahon@IOL.IE> To: ICSTI_MEMBERS-L@DTIC.MIL Dear All, This is forwarded from Bernard Dumouchel, Chair of ICSTI's Information Policy Committee. Bernard feels Members will be interested in this work and also that copyright should be a topic for ICSTI Members to keep under review. If you have opinions or suggestions please communicate them to Bernard - Bernard.Dumouchel@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca - Bye, Barry ****************************** New Study on Fair Use The Australian Attorney General has just released an Issues Paper entitled "Fair Use and Other Copyright Exceptions." The paper is a must-read for anyone interested in fair dealing and fair use issues. It was prepared to elicit comments on the options it proposes. Extract: "The issues paper outlines the nature of copyright under the Copyright Act, the nature of and rationale for exceptions and the impact of relevant international obligations. It then discusses fair dealing exceptions under the Act and proposals for reform made in reports by the Copyright Law Review Committee (CLRC) and the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT). ‘Fair use’ under US copyright law – the focus of the review – is discussed, along with comparable exceptions under European Community (EC) directives and under the national laws of the UK, New Zealand and Canada. The use of technological protection measures and of new forms of consumer contracts to restrict access to exceptions is referred to. The paper concludes by raising a number of possible options for reform. A table of the existing exceptions and statutory licences under the Copyright Act is an attachment to the paper" http://aufairusepaper.notlong.com/ ---------------------------------------------------- This message has been processed by Firetrust Benign. ------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: ....and departures at Ingenta Date: Saturday 14 May 2005 11:43 am From: Barry Mahon <barry.mahon@IOL.IE> To: ICSTI-L@DTIC.MIL Also according to Scholarly Commmunications Report, Geoff Bilder, Sam Phillips and Patrick Cooke have left Ingenta. Will the last person working in STI please switch off the lights when they go...... Bye, Barry ------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Research councils' requirements could bankrupt academic journals -- Mayor 330 (7497): 923 -- BMJ Date: Saturday 14 May 2005 11:39 am From: Barry Mahon <barry.mahon@IOL.IE> To: ICSTI-L@DTIC.MIL This is an extract from an item in the BMJ reacting to the (draft) proposal from the UK Research Councils suggesting that grantees be mandated to deposit their articles in free repositories <URL: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/extract/330/7497/923-a > "Research councils' requirements could bankrupt academic journals London; Susan Mayor Journal publishers are concerned that a new proposal that requires all researchers who receive public research funding to post their results on publicly accessible electronic databases will lead to the financial collapse of many academic journals. The proposal is in a consultation document from the Research Councils UK, which represents the eight research councils in the United Kingdom, including the Medical Research Council. The document considers the dissemination of, and access to, research outputs in the form of journal articles and conference proceedings. The document says that ideas and knowledge derived from research funded with public money must be made available and accessible for public use, interrogation, and scrutiny, as widely, rapidly, and effectively as practicable. To achieve this, it proposes that research councils require any researcher awarded a grant from 1 October 2005 to deposit any resulting journal article or conference "in an appropriate e-print repository . . ." If you are not a registered user you'll have to pay to read the rest.... Bye, Barry ------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Bridget Taxy leaves Elsevier Date: Saturday 14 May 2005 11:39 am From: Barry Mahon <barry.mahon@IOL.IE> To: ICSTI-L@DTIC.MIL According to Scholarly Communications Report, Bridget has left Elsevier. I received an email from her a while back asking me to change her email address but with no explanation. Scholarly Communcations Report also says that Kathryn Grant, Jacquie Shanahan and Neil Warnock-Smith are also leaving Elsevier. Bye, Barry ------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Guardian Unlimited | Online | Medical researchers bankroll innovative online database Date: Saturday 14 May 2005 9:02 am From: Barry Mahon <barry.mahon@IOL.IE> To: ICSTI-L@DTIC.MIL From the UK Newspaper The Guardian, a report on the formation of UK PubMed Central. Extract: "It will enable academic researchers to post papers published either online or in subscription-based scientific journals, on a single searchable database which anybody can access free. The project is being bankrolled by a group of medical funders including the Wellcome Trust, the British Heart Foundation and the Arthritis Research Campaign with the support of the Joint Information Systems Committee, an expert advisory body indirectly funded by government. The group yesterday called for organisations interested in running the database to submit tenders for the project by June 10" <URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1480999,00.html?gusrc=rss > ------------------------------------------------------- -- 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/ _______________________________________________ Epc mailing list Epc@iucr.org http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/epc
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