This is a joke, isn't it? And I was still thinking that the Anglo-Saxon countries have an especially liberal attitude when it comes to accessing public historical goods. So, in what kind of publication did this appear? Why did it not "run out of copyright" like so many other publications from that age?
Cheers, Chris Rzepa, Henry wrote: >> I will in fact go and try to collect it tomorrow. I will refuse to >> sign the copyright, asking only that I be allowed to read >> the paper document for 5 minutes and take notes. I fully expect >> the librarians to refuse this request, in which case an interesting >> stand-off will occur. I will let you know what happens! > > > Update on above. Well, I arrived, and made my request. > It was refused, on the grounds that it would "set a precedent". > > Apparently, because the photocopy was not the original > (whatever that means), they would have to "clarify" > whether I could be allowed to read it. Had it indeed been > the original, there would have been no problem in letting > me look at it, or indeed even letting me photocopy the > article for my own use (but still, not my student's use). > > So whatever it was that Julius Steglitz had to say about > carbonium ions in 1899 will go undiscovered by me for > at least for a few more days (or likely, weeks). > > The librarians did seem agreed that if I were to acquire a photocopy, > scanning it, followed by OCR and then eg OSCAR text mining would > constitute a gross infringement (punishable by god knows what). > > I hasten to add this is all in a good cause. The Wikipedia entry on > carbonium ions mentions Steglitz by name, but gives no detail > whatsoever. My original intent was simply to expand upon that! -- PD Dr. Christoph Steinbeck Lecturer in Chemoinformatics Univ. Tuebingen, WSI-RA, Sand 1, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany Phone: (+49/0) 7071-29-78978 Fax: (+49/0) 7071-29-5091 What is man but that lofty spirit - that sense of enterprise. ... Kirk, "I, Mudd," stardate 4513.3.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Blueobelisk-discuss mailing list Blueobelisk-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/blueobelisk-discuss
