From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-04-03 23:12:18 UTC
Subject: RE: Wanted: "Ferret nutrition" (Judith Bell) / "Ferret oncology "(Antinoff, Hahn)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7630231.1112569938489.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
> Hyperadrenocorticism in ferrets / Nico Johannes Schoemaker - [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2003 >(176 pages)
In a note I just received the coorespondent says that these should be able to be found, or gotten through interlibrary loans at a medical univeristy or at the vet school libraries in Brussels or Gent.
PLEASE, note that I have just been informed by someone in the know that sharing the paper by Dr. Schoemaker for free WOULD be likely to be considered an UNappreciated copyright violation, that this publication is normally sold.
This is something people do need to remember: authors work very hard to write what they create, and researchers work very hard for many years to get the information they gather and study. That labor and copyrights must be respected.
Even people's internet posts technically belong to the authors, though with a number of websites like our own the moderators are permitted to make use of them as mentioned in the rules (a factor which has often let us find more information for members who are in need, and which has permitted improved learning opportunities). We moderators are very careful about such situations.
Others can give URLs or use short quotes that are properly attributed (things permitted under copyright laws) but are expected to respect the writing of others and not violate. Of course, people can take their OWN posts elsewhere, just not the posts of others without permission given.
If someone legally has a publication this member wants and this member legally has a different publication which the first person wants then there is no problem with trading or loaning, just as someone might do with books or other purchased belongings. The trick is that they need to be legally owned and need to legally trade hands.
People DO need to respect copyright and the hard work which goes into papers, please!
I know I didn't say that very well, but I think I said it well enough to get the point across. Understanding that papers often can NOT be freely shared, and realizing the difference between when they can versus when they should not is important to understand. Sometimes I forget that not everyone is aware of this.
(Of course, my first assumption on reading the original post may be correct and the post may refer only to legally owned copies of articles being traded or loaned, but if there was a lack of understanding about copyright at least people now are reminded so they can act accordingly and respectfully.)