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Scrutinising the scrutineers.
Byline: Mark Chillingworth
Scrutinising the scrutineers
Two issues have been marching up the news agenda here at IWR in the last few weeks: fair use of copyright material, and the role and importance of peer review.
Without doubt, the slide down towards the end of the year is not going to be an easy one. Some difficult questions need to be asked of the industry. As with scientific research, the answers are not black or white, yes or no.
Fair use is by far the most complex. There is a long list of reasons for more fair use, including economic ones, and today's plethora of social computing services rely A- or hope A- that the material they are using is covered by fair use. But information holders and providers are not in the wrong for seeking to protect the copyright of individuals who take the time and make the effort to increase everyone's understanding of the world around us. This is of particular importance for scientists, humanities experts and the literature community. Few archaeologists are rich, and the same is true of scientists and most ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Scrutinising the scrutineers.