Louise,
I have heard about this. However this is the publisher concerned about
copyright (and losing revenue) rather than academics concerned about
plagiarism.
What interested me about the comment was I could see the reasoning behind
it but it had never occured to me that this could be a problem. It seems
we need to balance the ease of use against the ease of plagiarism.
Regards,
John.
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Louise Cole wrote:
> It is interesting that Taylor and Francis e-books have a built in
> copyright limit per user for what they can copy; after that it prompts
> for payment. The same applies to amount printed from each book per
> login.
>
> Louise
>
> Louise Cole
> Electronic Resources Team Leader
> Health Sciences Library
> University of Leeds
> Leeds
> LS2 9JT
>
> tel. 0113 34 35502
> fax. 0113 34 34381
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of J.W.T.Smith
> Sent: 22 April 2004 16:23
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> Subject: Copy and Paste - Yes/No?
>
>
> Colleagues,
>
> We have been having a series of demos of e-book services this week at
> Kent for library and academic staff. Whilst discussing a service this
> morning one academic said she (and her colleagues) would prefer it if
> the books had no 'copy and paste' facility as it would only encourage
> plagiarism. She obviously felt strongly about this and even said the
> availability of 'copy and paste' could bias her and her fellow academics
> against recommending the service to the Library.
>
> Has anyone heard such comments from academics at their institution? Do
> you know of any research into the opinion of academics on 'copy and
> paste' in e-journals or e-books?
>
> I have always thought the more facilities a service has and the more
> 'open' it is the better so I was surprised at this comment.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Smith,
> The Templeman Library,
> University of Kent.
>
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