Hi Derek,
I would never email an article to anyone unless this was specifically
permitted in the licence. You cannot assume you can do this even with
freely available content.
Neither would I print and send an article to someone unless is said I
could in the licence - the right to print articles at the request of an
authorised user is something that is often explicitly included /
excluded from a licence.
In terms of aggregators, I would go with the policies of individual
publishers - there are some publishers on Ingenta, for example, that
forbid using ejournals to fulfil ILL requests.
Perhaps I am too cautious!
Cheers
Anna
Derek Boyle wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am currently investigating the issues surrounding copyright for
> electronic resources such as ejournals and ebooks.
>
> >From what I think I have learned so far:
>
> In general standard copyright rules that relate to print copy also
> relate to electronic copy.
>
> As a general rule you may print, download, or e-mail single copies of
> electronic journal articles and database search results. You must not
> share these with unauthorised users. You must not make multiple copies
> without checking the terms of the licence.
>
> Authentication (e.g. an Athens username and password) can be used as a
> way of avoiding any problems with copyright therefore if you are unsure
> of whether you can email or send an electronic copy of an article, book
> chapter to an end-user you can direct them to the website and encourage
> them to access this themselves using their password.
>
> I just wanted to check that this was others experience and clarify a
> few related issues.
>
> If an authorised end-user does not have access to the Internet (or
> don't have access to their password details) but is in need of an
> article at that moment are you able to email/post them an electronic
> copy of this article?
>
> When dealing with aggregators and therefore a number of potential
> publishers (who perhaps operate beyond your own countries law) due you
> just implement the terms and conditions of that publisher?
>
> Is there a general rule on how many copies of an article, book chapter
> you can make available to other authorised users?
>
> I obviously mostly interested in this from a UK perspective but am
> happy to share any feedback that I get on this matter.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Derek
>
>
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