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A much better way is to work with the union. Unions are not against
open access, especially when they understand the issues. The problem
is more one of ignorance than one of hostility.
Student unions can also be approached.
Jean-Claude Guédon
Le vendredi 30 novembre 2007 à 16:55 +0000, FrederickFriend a écrit :
Trade unions may not strike over copyright, but I still have the bruises to
prove that copyright can cause a furore. At UCL a few years ago I dared to
suggest that UCL might own the copyright in some of the work of its academic
staff. I was vilified internally, the AUT (as it was then) were up in arms,
and I was pilloried in "Private Eye" for daring to make the suggestion. As
you can tell I survived to tell the tale, and appearing in "Private Eye" did
wonders for my image, but don't under-estimate the seething passions under
the calm surface of copyright.
Fred Friend
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'the general fear of the employer about possible trade union action based on
copyright issues relating to academic research'
A fanciful argument. As Stevan often points out, scholarly papers - the
subject of this forum - are not money-making propositions anyway. Campus
trade unions and university managements have much more important issues to
fight about. I can't imagine a strike about copyright!
Fytton Rowland, Loughborough University, UK (President, Loughborough
University branch of the Association of University Teachers, 1999-2003)
Received on Fri Nov 30 2007 - 20:14:16 GMT