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| Author: | Caryn S. Wesner-Early |
| Date: | Wednesday, 8th May 2002 11:56 |
| Views: | 2,524 (excluding Digests and RSS feeds) |
| Category: | Information Issues | | URL: | http://www.freepint.com/go/b17586 |
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Fellow Pinters -
In the most recent MY FAVOURITE TIPPLES, David Tucker noted:
Questions about market research on the Web often crop up in the Free Pint Bar. Not much is free, but these sites help with the two costed stages a) finding an off-the-shelf, published report, or b) commissioning a specialist consultant or company to do the research (usually much more expensive).
This brought to mind an issue of which I've been reminded frequently in recent months. On various fora such as the Free Pint Bar, someone will post a message saying, "I'm looking for X information, but I haven't been able to find it...." Someone else will respond with the answer, adding, "The following is from Source X. However, you need a password for the reports so I have just cut and pasted it below."
Although as a librarian, I'm very much in favor of the free sharing of information, I'm also concerned about intellectual property rights. If an organization has paid for the generation of information, and has provided a mechanism (usually subscriptions) for customers to use and pay for it, is it ethical to cut and paste it to a public forum like the Bar? Now it will show up in search engines, and anyone will be able to get it for free, undercutting the sales of the legitimate owners.
Since I've been working for awhile on an article on e-publishing, I've seen a lot of discussion on this, and it might be a valid topic to address here on the Bar. What do you think - ethical or not?
Caryn S. Wesner-Early, MSLS
Technical Information Specialist/Reference Librarian
US Patent and Trademark Office
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 | Ethics | | Fellow Pinters -
In the most recent MY FAVOURITE TIPPLES, David Tucker noted:
Questions about market research on the Web often crop ... |
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Caryn S. Wesner-Early |
08/05/02 11:56 |
17586 |
 | Re: Ethics | | Hello Caryn
I've had some similar thoughts - I don't think it is ethical to publish in this way, however much ... |
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Fiona Henderson |
14/05/02 15:39 |
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| | Re: Ethics | | Hi
I half agree on this issue. However I think that the issue is actually about accessing information rather than ... |
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Arthur Weiss |
21/05/02 13:28 |
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| | Re: Ethics | | Hi Caryn
Yes, that's something we take very seriously in the Bar. We check out any postings that have material that ... |
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Simon Collery |
08/05/02 14:53 |
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