> >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!
Final update on above. The issues apparently arise because I am requesting a <<copy>> of the original. The act of copying negates all the original terms, and a copy now constitutes a <<new work>>. This new work I cannot give to anyone else, copy it, scan it etc. It is apparently protected by a brand new copyright. BUT: The library has now gotten back to me saying that if I had requested the <<original>> instead of a photocopy, all the above restrictions vanish. I can do what I want, within <<fair use>>. So, they will now send a 4 Kg journal from Boston Spa to London, and back again. Whilst I have it on loan, I can do any of the above. Perhaps we should urge all users of ILLs (now that real libraries have all but vanished, this is now most of us) to request the <<original bound journal volume>>. Of course, they will get back at us, by forcing us to pay the full cost of all this transport of paper around the country. Of course, all this applies to paper. God knows what they will think of when the scanned photocopy is converted to Acrobat rather than print. -- Henry Rzepa. +44 (020) 7594 5774 (Voice); +44 (0870) 132 3747 (eFax); [EMAIL PROTECTED] (iChat) http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK. (Voracious anti-spam filter in operation for received email. If expected reply not received, please phone/fax). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Blueobelisk-discuss mailing list Blueobelisk-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/blueobelisk-discuss
