University of Texas at Austin adopts CCC’s Annual Copyright License - September 11, 2008
The University of Texas at Austin has signed an agreement with non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, to become the largest institution to adopt CCC's Annual Copyright License for academic institutions. This agreement seeks to provide librarians, faculty, copy shop staff and… Read More
Aries Systems Corporation announces integration with CrossCheck plagiarism detection service - September 2, 2008
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced that its Editorial Manager online manuscript submission and peer review system has been integrated with the CrossCheck plagiarism detection service. CrossCheck technology compares the content of documents against text stored in a growing database of published… Read More
OCLC set to launch new service to discover copyright status of books - August 27, 2008
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced that it is piloting a new service for libraries that encourage librarians and other interested parties to discover and share information on copyright status of books. The WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry is a community… Read More
Indian scientists accuse British professor of plagiarism - August 11, 2008
Indian scientist Prof. Karmeshu has reportedly alleged that British professor Demetres Kouvatsos has copied ideas from a paper written by him and his doctoral student Shachi Sharma. Karmeshu had earlier submitted the research manuscript to Performance Evaluation, a peer-reviewed journal that had then rejected the manuscript. Kouvatsos was one of… Read More
Scientific business of Thomson Reuters and China’s IPDRC partner to accelerate patent research and development - July 23, 2008
The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced a partnership with the Intellectual Property Development Research Centre (IPDRC), a non-profit public enterprise owned by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the People's Republic of China. The partnership aims to accelerate patent research and promote… Read More
German neuroscientist charges journal of publishing incorrectly interpreted data - July 4, 2008
Neuroscientist Nikos Logothetis of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, has reportedly charged two of his former research students with pilfering data from his laboratory. The students then published scientifically incorrect interpretations of the data against his advice, it has been reported. Logothetis further claimed that… Read More
Belgian press group faces setback in copyright infringement case against EC - July 3, 2008
A copyright infringement suit filed by Belgian press trade group Copiepresse against NewsExplorer, a news aggregator run by the European Union (EU), has not been successful, it has been reported. In early 2007, Copiepresse had accused Google News of copyright violations on account of the text excerpts and headlines used… Read More
STM issues statements on digital copyright exceptions for education and research - June 18, 2008
The International Association of STM Publishers (STM) has released its position paper on digital copyright exceptions and limitations for education and research. It has also taken the opportunity to comment on the US Section 108 Study Group Report on digital library exceptions, which was released in… Read More
AAP, copyright groups hail Caucus report on priority watch list for 2008 - May 19, 2008
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) joined other copyright industry groups and the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus at a recent press conference to announce the countries at the top of the Caucus' 2008 Priority Watch List. The Caucus, chaired by Senators Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and… Read More
