Abstract:Works in the natural sciences are provided with comparatively less copyright protection than literary works. Nevertheless, this protection is important for scientists. However, more recently, modern methods and techniques of information and documentation, such as reprography, microfilm archives, electronic data storage and retrieval, and data transmission have questioned the justification and effectiveness, even in principle, of this protection. A more detailed analysis demonstrates that this involves not so m… Show more
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