tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post387013763078719772..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: Academics v Publishers: Revolution in the air?Marie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-7702039587566707522011-09-28T19:56:57.396+01:002011-09-28T19:56:57.396+01:00Well done! This goes in the direction of the preci...Well done! This goes in the direction of the precise suggestions for action made in 2006 in the article " Scientific Publications: The Role of Public Administrations in The ICT Era", available freely from http://www.cepis.org/upgrade/index.jsp?p=0&n=2161&a=3071Roberto Di Cosmohttp://www.dicosmo.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-41779665022915861042011-09-28T17:56:45.577+01:002011-09-28T17:56:45.577+01:00The present system of copyright for academic publi...The present system of copyright for academic publications creaks. The author of a paper published in 1945 gave me the reference and I ordered a copy from the British Library (BL). BL was unable to supply the copy as the present owners of the journal reserved the sole right to supply copies. I wrote to the owners of the journal but they said they were unable to supply a copy of the article I needed as it was so old. Finally I ordered the bound volume at BL and quietly copied the article myself using the library's copying facilities!Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-75880843657112674812011-09-28T17:44:02.900+01:002011-09-28T17:44:02.900+01:00By a process akin to stimulated annealing we are c...By a process akin to stimulated annealing we are converging towards copyright abolition, in effect if not in legislation.<br /><br />Locking up our knowledge, culture, and technology to enrich a few monopolists is inescapably counter-productive, however much we repeat the mantra that the opposite is true.Crosbie Fitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554471152790988479noreply@blogger.com