Re: Legal Question

[Dave Gomberg <gomberg@wcf.com>]

You cannot post the text of a copyrighted paper without the permission 
(usually written) of the copyright owner.   PAM works thru these details 
for you so that the material is "ready to eat" (see the latest papers by 
Ehrl and images from Margulis).   You can do the same thing yourself if you 
have a mind to.


At 07:36 PM 10/31/01 -0500, you wrote:
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>Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 19:36:08 -0500
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>Question - What are the legal issues surrounding the posting of scientific
>papers? Can you order a copy of a paper and then post it to the web if you
>place the information concerning the original copyright holder with it
>(like, the Journal it came from, etc.).
>
>The reason I ask is related to a question which came up this afternoon on
>the APD. Someone asked abut Anubias and I found several articles which Karen
>had written - I posted the URL links so the person asking the question could
>read them. From my reading of Karen's articles, it looks to me like she had
>actually read the most recent scientific paper done on the genus and was
>able to draw some conclusions which were very helpful for aquatic gardeners.
>I'm sure that there are many scientific articles done on various aquatic
>plants which might be interesting/helpful/useful to the more advanced
>hobbyists among us. The trouble many people would have is tracking down
>those many, possibly obscure, references. It might be an idea to get some
>people to start collecting these things and putting them into a form and a
>place where we all might be able to benefit from them.
>
>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?
>
>Is it verbotten to post the original texts to the web? Or is it possible to
>get permission to do so? I remember a flurry of feathers flying a few years
>ago on the Crypts list when someone suggested that Jan post a number of
>scientif papers on Crypts that he often refers to., so maybe there are
>things I don't know (hence this question).
>
>Just a thought.
>
>James Purchase
>Toronto
>
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