REPORT: Electronic Publishing In Science Seizing The Moment: Scientists' Authorship Rights In The Digital Age

This report will be of great interest to those concerned about publication issues of scientific research as well as to those involved with intellectual property issues in publishing.

Electronic Publishing In Science Seizing The Moment: Scientists' Authorship Rights In The Digital Age
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This new report is the result of a AAAS project that examined intellectual property issues associated with electronic publishing in science. The emergence of electronic journals in scientific publication has the potential to transform the management and communication of scientific information, and stakeholders associated with scientific publishing are engaged in assessing their promises and pitfalls. What seems clear is that electronic publication is not likely to reach its full potential without a stable legal framework that balances the protection of researchers' intellectual property with the open dissemination and exchange of scientific information.

The report of the project describes the challenges that advances in information technology pose for intellectual property law, and identifies a set of "core values" that should be embedded in a system of scientific publishing.

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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204-4584
jwne[_at_]astro.temple.edu Received on Sat Sep 14 2002 - 12:33:42 GMT