A cogent comment! One wonders also how MIT's Director of
Libraries feels about the standard copyright notice that
appears
in MIT Press books: "No part of this book may be
reproduced in
any form or by any electronic or mechanical means (including
photocopying, recording, or information storage and
retrieval)
without permission in writing from the publisher"-which
effectively ignores that "fair use" is part of
copyright law. By
the way, I copied this out of the fifth edition of William
Strong's "The Copyright Book" (MIT, 1999)-of all
places!
Sandy Thatcher
Penn State Press
>The MIT Press, which I believe is overseen by the
Director of
>Libraries, provides us with a unique laboratory to study
the
>interaction between publishers and authors(as
represented by
>librarians). On one hand, the Director of Libraries is
a strong
>proponent of copyright addenda, and on the other hand,
the
>copyright statements of some MIT Press journals are much
more
>restrictive than those of many society publishers.
>
>The copyright statement of the MIT Press journal
"Artificial
>Life" <http://mitpress.mit.
edu/authors/ journals/ARTL.pdf> does
>not even allow authors to post an article on their own
web site
>for 12 months after publication. Would MIT Press accept
the
>copyright addendum proposed by the MIT Libraries? The
balancing
>of author rights and the publishers' need to fund their
added
>value is a difficult situation. I am hopeful that MIT
Libraries
>and MIT Press will be able to come up with a creative
solution
>to this most difficult problem that is confronting all
of us.
>
>Sincerely,
>Gene D. Sprouse
>Editor-in-Chief
>American Physical Society
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