Re: Legal Question

["Robert H" <robertpaulh@earthlink.net>]

If they are government published, they are most likely in the public domain.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: Legal Question


> On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, James Purchase wrote:
>
> > Question - What are the legal issues surrounding the posting of
scientific
> > papers?
> >
> > Would the AGA be able to obtain permission to "reprint" these sorts of
> > things - either through TAG or (preferably) in Adobe Acrobat format on
the
> > AGA website?
>
> Interesting question.  I know of at least one case in which permission was
> granted to publish a paper on Apistogramma to the web.  Permission was
> obtained in writing for this from Academic Press, and the file was
> actually distributed as a PDF.  I suppose the thing to do is ASK the
> publisher in these cases.
>
>   - Erik
>
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> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com
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