Re: Legal ways around copyright for one's own giveaway texts

From: Alan Story <a.c.story_at_UKC.AC.UK>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 09:11:29 -0000

In a recent posting, Stevan Harnad wrote:

"The goal is to free the refereed literature for one and all online.
That is what self-archiving does."

I am correct in assuming, I take it, that this "freeing" of the academic
literature also "frees" it from certain copyright restrictions and, in
particular, allows such articles to be downloaded, printed,
and distributed by academics to own students at the cost of printing, that
is,
allows non-profit educational uses of this literature without permission.
This matter is seldom, if ever mentioned, on the list...but anything less
does not free the literature.

Regards
Alan Story

Alan Story
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University of Kent
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Received on Mon Jan 24 2000 - 19:17:43 GMT