[Foundation-l] [Wikimediauk-l] [Fwd: Royal Society Digital Journal Archive]

[David Gerard]

To what extent is this true under US law?

The claim to ownership of a scan from 1665 is odious. Perhaps it's just me.


- d.


On 26/09/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:34:56 +0100
> Subject: Royal Society Digital Journal Archive
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> Dear Jimmy
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> It has come to our attention that there is some confusion regarding the
> copyright status of the Royal Society's digital journal archive.
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> The entire digital archive is covered by copyright. This mean that
> systematic downloading and hosting by third parties is prohibited.
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