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Alternative for illegal downloading books
There are books with scientific content, very broadly cited in bibliography that haven't been printed by any publisher for decades (as far as I am aware). Plus hardly any copies have ever reached my ...
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Can a (predatory or fake) journal refuse to withdraw a non-published paper, even though the journal is to blame for withdrawal request?
Synopsis: Can a fake journal keep the copyright of a submitted (not published) paper, despite the authors' request to withdraw it (because of the journal not keeping its full-waiver promise and also ...
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Are there any ethical or legal issues when printing large texts from primary sources? [closed]
I am writing a secondary History textbook. It is quite nearly done, but I am required to integrate some primary source materials, such as diaries, log entries, letters, etc.
The textbook spans the ...
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Copyright of a custom image of a well-known game character [closed]
This question is quite similar to another one I already found here.
I would like to use an image of a very well known plumber in my upcoming research paper. Of course, I do not own any rights to that ...
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Is it legal for me to post previous exams I have taken in University
I want to create a database of notes and previous exams for classes at my university, however, I am not sure if this is legal. I just want to know if this is OK or would I get a cease and desist or ...
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Would it violate copyright to retype a classic mathematics book from the 1960s using modern notation and uploading it online?
I am reading a classic book in mathematics that was published in the 1960s. This book uses very old notation, which makes it impossible to read it. Suppose further that I want to read the whole book ...
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Is it legal if I print PDF files of Springer books for personal use?
As a Canadian undergraduate student, I have access to all Springer books on their website, provided that I log in with my institutional account. Springer books can be downloaded as PDF files.
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Collaborator asks me to share a paywalled article - how to deny that request?
A collaborator has asked me to share a PDF of a pay-walled article with her. She can't access the article because it's pay-walled (though her institution should be wealthy enough to provide access).
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Where/how can I find out if I can use this paper commercially vs for research purposes only?
I wanted to implement this paper for commercial purposes, but the licence for use is not mentioned at all.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.09104.pdf
Dynamic Feature Fusion for Semantic Edge Detection
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Copyrights on epigrams in a commercial publication of academic work [closed]
An acquaintance of mine - let's call him Robert - is having a book published based on his academic research. The book targets the general public, and the publication is commercial, albeit with a ...
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Is publishing paper containing information acquired from sites such as Sci-Hub illegal?
There are already some discussions on whether it's illegal to use Sci-Hub for research purposes, such as in this Academia SE thread.
But one answer and comments there open up another question: Is it ...
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Showing book cover in public presentation
I have a follow up question from my previous question that I thought could be of benefit to others if they had the same question.
I’m giving a public talk for a sci-com event and wanted to show some ...
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Using paper figure for public talk
I’m giving a public talk (to laypeople in a sci-com event) and wanted to showcase some figures from research papers that weren’t mine. I wanted to know:
If putting citations (Author, Year) followed ...
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Legal matters: making non-open access content available publicly (mathematics/software context) [closed]
I would like to understand if it is legal to make publicly available results/substantial parts of the content of a journal article/book that is not available in the public domain in the context of ...
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Have there been attempts to get around "DeWitt clause"-like license restrictions?
(This is a complementary question to: Has the DeWitt Clause, which prevents publication of named DBMS benchmarks, ever been successfully defended in court?)
Several commercial database vendors ...
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