The American Society of Civil Engineers is cracking down on researchers who post their own articles on their personal websites. The publisher, which owns dozens of highly cited journals, claims that the authors commit copyright infringement by sharing their work in public. To make their work easier to access, many researchers host copies of their work on their personal profiles, usually hosted by their university. Interestingly, however, this usually means that they are committing copyright infringement.
While many journals allow this type of limited non-commercial infringement by the authors, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) clearly doesn't. The professional association publishes dozens of journals and during the past few weeks began a crack down on "pirating" researchers.
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(Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday May 18 2014, @03:00PM
Ah, offer much that only a university can offer. Most private sector employers offer all the same features. I'm having trouble thinking of something only a university can offer.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by redneckmother on Sunday May 18 2014, @03:12PM
Well, I was going to say "freedom from profit motivation", but then I reconsidered.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by maxwell demon on Sunday May 18 2014, @03:38PM
Good luck getting fundamental research without any chance of creating a product in the next twenty years to get funded by a private company.
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(Score: 2) by tibman on Sunday May 18 2014, @05:01PM
You are right of course, all the research done is pointed in a specific direction. If you do R&D for Corning then you know you'll be making some kind of glass. But i'd say that within your niche that the research could be pure and not just applied. At least i hope so!
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