On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:25 AM, Andrew Gray <shimgray(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/03/2008, Oldak Quill
<oldakquill(a)gmail.com> wrote:
There also seems to be a free look-up
independent of ACS
(
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/cas-ser.html). That said, this page
is footed with "CAS registry numbers are copyrighted by the American
Chemical Society. Redistribution rights for CAS registry numbers are
reserved by the American Chemical Society. "CAS registry" is a
registered trademark of the American Chemical society.".
"Redistribution rights" is probably the key phrase here - without
explicitly saying so, that seems to be the same sort of restriction as
SciFinder places on the user. It just makes the lookup process
no-charge...
Whether or not there is copyright, they are using contract law to
protect their IP.
SciFinder License Agreement:
"...I acknowledge that I am permitted to:
* Search only for myself and not for others or other origanizations.
* Use only the LoginID and password assigned to me and not share these
with any other person.
* Store up to 5,000 Records and any one time.
* Contribute my 5,000 Records into a Project Database for use by my
Project team for the duration of the project.
..."
More information at:
http://www.cas.org/legal/infopolicy.html
--
John