I do agree with Charles over this issue - it seems to me to be a bit of a
red herring. But then many fascinating arguments about copyright are just
that but none the less interesting!!
Graham P Cornish
Consultant
Copyright Circle
www.copyrightcircle.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Oppenheim" <C.Oppenheim_at_LBORO.AC.UK>
To: <AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: Moral rights in corrigenda
> Even if there were in theory Moral Rights in corrigenda from referees
> (which I very much doubt), custom and practice tells us there are none -
> for if there were, then those referees would be claiming them already. The
> names of the referees are usually unknown to the author, so how could a
> referee assert moral rights without his/her identity being revealed?
>
> In a nutshell, anonymous refereeing and moral rights are incompatible with
> one another.
>
> Charles
>
> Professor Charles Oppenheim
> Dept of Information Science
> Loughborough University
> Loughborough
> Leics LE11 3TU
>
> Tel 01509-223065
> Fax 01509-223053
>
Received on Mon Feb 25 2002 - 11:12:24 GMT