Tag: intellectual property
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Princeton goes open access to stop staff handing all copyright to journals – unless waiver granted
The Conversation: Princeton goes open access to stop staff handing all copyright to journals – unless waiver granted Prestigious US academic institution Princeton University will prevent researchers from giving the copyright of scholarly articles to journal publishers, except in certain cases where a waiver may be granted. The new rule is part of an Open…
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Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age
New York Times: Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age At Rhode Island College, a freshman copied and pasted from a Web site’s frequently asked questions page about homelessness — and did not think he needed to credit a source in his assignment because the page did not include author information. At DePaul University,…
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The Limits of Intellectual Property
When I was writing about property rights in May, I got good feedback from some of you about distinctions in intellectual property rights and their questionable usefulness. Harvard Economist Greg Mankiw has an interesting post on his blog today called The Limits of Intellectual Property. Within the post, he links a book available online called…