Munich Court Ruling Sides with Elsevier, ACS over ResearchGate
Munich Court Ruling Sides with Elsevier, ACS over ResearchGate
The academic networking service ResearchGate was infringing on copyrights held by scientific publishers when it hosted manuscripts from their journals, the European court said, but the website will not have to pay damages.
The academic networking service ResearchGate was infringing on copyrights held by scientific publishers when it hosted manuscripts from their journals, the European court said, but the website will not have to pay damages.
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Sci-Hub Loses Domains and Access to Some Web Services
Diana Kwon | Feb 19, 2018 | 3 min read
A few months after the American Chemical Society won its lawsuit against the pirate site, the game of virtual whack-a-mole continues.
A Turbulent Year in the Publishing World
Diana Kwon | Dec 15, 2017 | 4 min read
In 2017, scientists, regulators, and publishers clashed in a series of lawsuits, boycotts, mass resignations, and more.
ResearchGate Restricts Access to Nearly 2 Million Articles
Catherine Offord | Nov 9, 2017 | 2 min read
The academic social network is bending to pressure from publishing giants that demand it removes copyrighted material from its site.
American Chemical Society Wins Lawsuit Against Sci-Hub
Diana Kwon | Nov 7, 2017 | 4 min read
A US judge issues a broad injunction that allows the society to demand that technology companies actively associated with the site block access to it.
More Preprints
Tracy Vence | Aug 15, 2016 | 1 min read
A new chemistry-centric preprint server is slated to launch.
Scientific Elevator Pitches
Rina Shaikh-Lesko | Jul 31, 2014 | 1 min read
A number of competitions around the world are challenging young scientists to describe their research in mere minutes.
Defending Science Meetings
Beth Marie Mole | Sep 24, 2012 | 2 min read
Scientific associations say new legislation that limits federal funding for conferences will hurt research.
University Library Ditches ACS
Bob Grant | Sep 18, 2012 | 1 min read
In protest against high-priced journal packages, the library at SUNY Potsdam will end its subscription to American Chemical Society online journal package.