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Re: ACS journals licenses
Kimberly Parker wrote: >I wonder if anyone else is struggling with the language of the ACS >e-journal licenses. I use the plural here on purpose, because there are >in reality two licenses. One is available at As with all contracts, lawyers and judges and juries are the ultimate interpreters. >http://pubs.acs.org/acselec/orderform/instagr.html > >I am having some trouble understanding what this particular "click-here" >license allows and doesn't. The first paragraph restricts to personal >use. The second paragraph mentions needing to pay the CCC if use goes >*beyond fair use* (implying, at least to my mind, that fair use is >allowed). The paragraph concludes with a restriction to 200 words per >article excerption. The use beyond 'fair use' is for licensed document delivery entities. The 200 word restriction, as I read it, says that if you QUOTE more than 200 words directly into another publication, you have to get permission. That is common with quotations. >Anyone want to guess if this means that fair use (personal or not) is fair >game? And how do we feel about users "agreeing" to these terms --there's >nothing that implies whether this "click-here" license is just for each >individual or is "binding" on the entire institution. I, myself, feel "Heck, let them sue me if they don't like it" but I am a completely trustworthy, truth seeking academic who gives credit when due. (;-) To me, this license is fairly clean and above board. They do not want to let document delivery entities, inter-library loan, etc. 'rob' them of revenue and if they did not put something there, well then the lawyers can argue they gave away the rights. If I, myself, click on the item, my guess is that my university counsel would present a very convincing argument that I did so individually and in no way acted for the institution. My two cents, for exactly what it is worth. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* # Economics Working Paper Archive # # http://econwpa.wustl.edu/wpawelcome.html # # gopher econwpa.wustl.edu # # # # Send a mail message (empty body) # # To: econ-wp@econwpa.wustl.edu # # Subject: get announce # *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Always remember: inertia has no effect on the ultimate steady state solution. NEVER remember: Keynes said in the long run we are all dead. *--------------------------------------------------------------------------* | Bob Parks Voice: (314) 935-5665 | | Department of Economics, Campus Box 1208 Fax: (314) 935-4156 | | Washington University | | One Brookings Drive | | St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899 bparks@wuecona.wustl.edu| *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*
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