On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 7:34 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
2008/12/26 WJhonson@aol.com:
<<In a message dated 12/26/2008 8:19:49 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, gmaxwell@gmail.com writes:
Wtf go look in jstor- they happily assert copyright on hundreds of thousands of pre 1928 pd documents.>>
WTF? WTF? Ok wtf back at ya. I call your bluff and raise you. I can also assert hundreds of statements for which I can offer no evidence. So piss off with your attitude. And merry christmas ! Now let's see some evidence.
Y'know, there's scepticism and then there's just being lazy.
Go to www.jstor.org, click on "Terms and Conditions" and you tell me what 2.2 and 2.3 say.
I think 2.2 (i) is particularly relevant:
"download or print, or attempt to download or print, an entire issue or issues of journals or substantial portions of the entire run of a journal" - whether that refers to the images or the contents seems moot really.
I would like to point out here that there are other databases that are generally free to use:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysics_Data_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PubMed_Central
Are the two I most often use.
Though others, like the Nature archives, are still difficult to access:
http://www.nature.com/nature/archive/index.html
Nicely laid out, but once you get to the issue you want, you still invariably hit a paywall.
ps: your civility levels in these two messages are somewhat below suitable levels for the list, and I wouldn't mention it except I've already had complaints this quicly.
It's Christmas. Don't do anything based on what was said to me. :-)
Carcharoth