Unfortunately, as my colleagues who teach will tell you, the journals that
charge for document access are serious about copyright infringement. All
instructors now have to jump a variety of hoops to legally use documents -
other than a short extract from a published work.
The internet brings new challenges and issues. If I give Allen a copy of
a paper, who's to know? And, the journal is not going to expend much
effort trying to find these violations. Post a PDF of a published paper, even
one of your own, on your own website, and you've just opened up a potential
distribution to thousands or even millions. That's a completely different
scenario - one that the journals are watching.
I don't have a solution. Jerry
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