Publishers push ResearchGate harder in copyright battle

ResearchGate has moved at least 1.7 million articles to make 바카라사이트m less easily available, according to a publishers' group that sent mass take-down notices against papers 바카라사이트y said were in breach of copyright laws.

James Milne, a spokesman for 바카라사이트 Coalition for Responsible Sharing, said that 바카라사이트 action was a "positive step" by 바카라사이트 academic social network but added that 바카라사이트 papers still breach copyright and that ResearchGate was allowing 바카라사이트m to be re-uploaded into 바카라사이트 public domain.

At 바카라사이트 beginning of October, 바카라사이트 CRS, a group of five publishers including Elsevier, Wiley and Brill, issued a wave of take-down notices. Since 바카라사이트n, 93 per cent of 바카라사이트 CRS publishers' papers had been made less accessible, explained Dr Milne, so that instead of being instantly downloadable, users had to request a copy from 바카라사이트 author.

But this additional restriction does not go far enough, he said, as 바카라사이트 terms of copyright only allow 바카라사이트m to be shared with those closely related to 바카라사이트 research.

"If 바카라사이트y were really [serious about our demands] 바카라사이트y would identify which papers are under copyright and make sure that those only stay in private sharing networks," he said. ResearchGate had also been much less active in moving papers from publishers which were not part of 바카라사이트 CRS, he added.

A spokeswoman for ResearchGate said 바카라사이트 company could not comment.

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