Huge Trove of Academic Docs Posted Online in Response to Activist Arrest

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"Maxwell says he got the documents “through rather boring and lawful means,” but has been sitting on them for several years. JSTOR says it’s in the process of verifying that the documents came from their service, but says the manifesto’s quotes of prices are incorrect, since JSTOR doesn’t sell these articles a la carte. And even if the documents were out-of-copyright, JSTOR says users are not free to post them online, because JSTOR’s terms of service prohibit that — though the company doesn’t claim copyright on them...."

Link:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/science-pirate-bay/

Updated:

07/29/2011, 14:53

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » Connotea Imports

Tags:

ru.no oa.journals oa.new oa.copyright oa.jstor oa.guerrilla

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 13:02

Date published:

07/22/2011, 14:55