On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Klaus Graf <klausgraf_at_googlemail.com>
wrote:
2008/12/2 Stevan Harnad <amsciforum_at_gmail.com>:
As I have shown according German law it is not possible
for all researchers
to data-crunch digital documents.
Until you show how and why any German researcher cannot do exactly
the same thing I can do with any peer-reviewed journal article I find
on the web, I am afraid you have not shown anything at all.
As I have shown the button is in Germany illegal
No, I'm afraid you have not *shown* that the (email eprint request)
button is illegal in Germany. You have merely *said* that it is.
and my few tests make it clear that it is realistic not
to speak of 37 % but let us say
of 10 %.
The 63%/37% figure comes from the 10,198 journals indexed by Romeo
(and this includes most of the top international journals). It is not
clear what sample your "few tests" are based on.
THE BUTTON DOESN'T WORK IN THIS WAY. He technically works
but
that's all.
IN WHAT WAY does the (email eprint request) button not work?
Where implemented, it allows the user to instantly request an eprint
and allows the author to instantly provide one.
There are as yet few implementations of the button, and few deposit
mandates; and authors are not yet well informed about how the button
works. But nothing follows from that except that we need more
mandates, more deposits, more installations, and more information for
authors. And that's exactly what the button is intended to help
facilitate.
Stevan Harnad
Received on Wed Dec 03 2008 - 01:53:56 GMT