September 11, 1998
Scholars Seek New Copyright Rule to Ease Dissemination of Research Through the Web
By VINCENT KIERNANThe copyright system for scholarly journals should be revamped to make it easier for researchers to disseminate their findings through the World-Wide Web, according to a group of 12 scholars.
Most journals insist on acquiring the copyright to the papers they publish. As a result, they legally control how and where the papers can be reprinted. But the dozen researchers, writing in the September 4
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