May 23, 2008

Complaints Force Company to Retreat From Selling Scholarly Papers Online

By Thomas Bartlett

Surprised. Disappointed. Violated.

Those are some of the words that scholars have used over the past few days when told that their work was being sold online without their knowledge. The scholarly papers and presentations have been available for a fee through All Academic, a Web site hired by academic associations to handle submissions for conferences.

All Academic doesn't just provide a database service, however. In some cases, it also claims the right to sell

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