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The exclusive right, granted by law for a certain number of years, to make and dispose of copies of a literary, musical or artistic work. In the United States the copyright is granted for the life of the author plus 50 years. In the case of a joint work, it is for the life of the last joint author to die, plus 50 years. In either case the copyright runs until the end of the calendar year 50 years after the author's death. (Random House College Dictionary, rev ed; Strong, W.S.: The Copyright Book: a Practical Guide, 1981)
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How should ChatGPT and other intelligent chatbots be used so that it is ethical, socially responsible and does not break copyright? How should intelligent chatbots that are generative language models be used, so that the texts and other types of works created by tools based on generative artificial intelligence are created fairly, in accordance with the ethics of writing articles, certain documents, photos, graphics, videos, etc., and in such a way that, by the way, within the framework of this type of "creation", copyright is not violated, so that all the necessary footnotes to texts, documents, photos, etc. are reliably shown. source, so that a bibliography with all properly shown sources, source materials, references to source documents, so that materials, articles, books, documents and other source studies are properly and reliably cited?
As chatbots equipped with generative artificial intelligence technology are finding more and more applications within the framework of supporting human creative work, so the level of relevance of discussions concerning the ethical aspects of the use of such tools in the creative production of certain works is also increasing. Since the release of ChatGPT in open access on the Internet, it is a rapidly growing application of this tool in the increasingly automated creation of various types of texts, which until now were written by humans and now for humans can be done by artificial intelligence technology, an intelligent chatbot based on a generative language model. Advanced generative language models are taught to produce various types of texts based on artificial neural network technology, which are taught specific "skills" through a process of deep learning on the basis of data and information from many online databases, online libraries, indexing databases of scientific papers, information portals containing millions of source texts, and are refined through ongoing discussions with millions of users on the Internet. At present, such intelligent chatbots based on advanced generative language models are already being made available on the Internet by almost all leading Internet technology companies, or are currently working on developing and improving such tools and will soon make them available in open access to Internet users. Such increasingly "intelligent" tools that develop various kinds of documents, texts, studies in an increasingly sophisticated way and carry out the "creative" process in an increasingly perfect way are finding a rapidly growing scale of new applications and are being used more and more widely by Internet users. However, on the other hand, in a situation where Internet users use such tools not only for casual discussions, for fun, for entertainment, and commission intelligent chatbots to develop an article, formalized document, photo, graphic, etc. intended for publication, for use in a thesis, in an analytical report on the analysis and evaluation of the functioning of certain real-world economic entities and institutions, etc., then certain problems of an ethical nature arise. then certain ethical problems arise in connection with the use by the said intelligent chatbots from texts, documents, photos, articles and scientific and other books available on the Internet, etc., without first asking the authors of these studies, works, etc. whether they allow the use of their works, works, studies that have been published on the Internet in advance. In addition to this, ethical problems are also related to the fact that the said intelligent chatbots, in the course of automated development of works, often still do not fully show footnotes to sources, on show a full bibliography in the specified standards for the development of bibliographic descriptions of texts and source materials. Besides, also during the discussions conducted by intelligent chatbots with Internet users, it is not obligatory for the company providing the chatbot to obtain consent from the Internet user for the use of his knowledge, his documents and studies, his works, which he will enter into the database system of the intelligent chatbot, which are then used to improve the discussions conducted on the part of the chatbot, and are used to provide answers, to perform commissioned works for subsequent other Internet users. Besides, what is particularly important, in a situation when an intelligent chatbot on the order of an Internet user develops a certain work, and if it even shows sources for data, shows materials, publications, articles, books, photos, other source materials in the footnotes, in the bibliography, then at the same time a request is not sent to the authors of the source works for the possibility of their use by the chatbot in the development of a certain commissioned work by another Internet user, and no consent is taken from the authors of the original sources of data, information, results of previously conducted research, analysis, etc. Besides, in connection with the fact that many of the above-mentioned issues are not regulated by law, so there is still no mandatory requirement for authors of studies created with the involvement of tools based on a certain generative artificial intelligence technology to demonstrate that the work or a part of it, a certain fragment was created with the use of a certain mentioned tool. Accordingly, studies, texts, photos created with the use of such intelligent tools may contain information that is inconsistent with the facts and can be and are used to generate disinformation on the Internet, mainly on social media websites. Therefore, there are various dangers, risks, serious dangers associated with the unauthorized, incompatible with ethical principles, without respect for copyright, creation of certain works through the use of generative artificial intelligence. Thus, it is necessary to properly regulate all the above-mentioned issues concerning the creation of various types of works using generative artificial intelligence. In addition to this, it is necessary to legally sanction the creation of a requirement to automatically mark the works created in this way that a particular study, text, article, document, photo, film, etc. was created using a particular intelligent tool. It is also necessary to systematically organize the collection of consent from the authors of various types of source works, previously written texts, articles, books, made studies, photos, films, whose authors are human creators for the use of their works in the automated creation of further studies and works but already realized by tools based on generative artificial intelligence.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
How should ChatGPT and other intelligent chatbots be used so that it is ethical, socially responsible and does not violate copyrights? How should intelligent chatbots that are generative language models be used, so that the texts and other types of works created by tools based on generative artificial intelligence are created fairly, in accordance with the ethics of writing articles, certain documents, photos, graphics, videos, etc., and in such a way that, by the way, within the framework of this type of "creation", copyrights are not violated, so that all necessary footnotes to texts, documents, photos, etc., are reliably demonstrated. source, so that a bibliography with all properly shown sources, source materials, references to source documents is developed to the full extent, so that materials, articles, books, documents and other source studies are cited correctly and reliably?
How should ChatGPT be used so that it is ethical, socially responsible and does not violate copyrights?
And what is your opinion on this topic?
What is your opinion on this issue?
Please answer,
I invite everyone to join the discussion,
Thank you very much,
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
The above text is entirely my own work written by me on the basis of my research. In writing this text I did not use other sources or automatic text generation systems.
Copyright by Dariusz Prokopowicz
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It very much depends on where you take the actions. In some countries with generous exceptions to copyight (such as USA's fair use), you can train the AI legally. In other countries with more restrictive exceptions, such as EU member states, you would infringe copyright. So your question cannot be anwered without more context/detail.
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If I have posted unpublished preprints and exchanged comments with a person on ResearchGate concerning that person's published work, how protected am I from a copyright standpoint if that person then uses my recommendations without crediting me?
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Dear Melissa Morris I think if you have evidences the best wy is to cotact the editorial board of that publishingjournal.
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without changing anything not even changing title i want to publish my thesis in book form. Will there be copyright or legal issue?
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no i thnik. if its your own work. why it should be copyright issue.
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Dear all:
My python version is 2.5 and autodock is 1.5.7, but my MGLtool folder shows up in python 2.7.11. I had opened the software before, but then there were some problems when it ran, so I uninstalled and reinstalled both Python and Autodock, and I had this problem when I opened it again.
Python 2.7.11 (v2.7.11:6d1b6a68f775, Dec 5 2015, 20:32:19) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
==== No Subprocess ====
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\MGLTools-1.5.7\lib\site-packages\AutoDockTools\__init__.py", line 433, in runADT
title=title, withShell= not interactive, verbose=False, gui=gui)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\MGLTools-1.5.7\lib\site-packages\Pmv\moleculeViewer.py", line 1026, in __init__
trapExceptions=trapExceptions)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\MGLTools-1.5.7\lib\site-packages\ViewerFramework\VF.py", line 449, in __init__
Startup Directory is set to current working directory by default.""")
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\MGLTools-1.5.7\lib\site-packages\mglutil\preferences.py", line 77, in add
self.set(name, value)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\MGLTools-1.5.7\lib\site-packages\mglutil\preferences.py", line 107, in set
cb(name,oldValue, value)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\MGLTools-1.5.7\lib\site-packages\ViewerFramework\VF.py", line 759, in startupDirPref_cb
if not hasattr(self,'setUserPreference') and not hasattr(self.setUserPreference, 'form'): return
AttributeError: MoleculeViewer instance has no attribute 'setUserPreference'
hit enter to continue
I have no idea how to fix it, could anyone please help me with it? Any suggestions are appreciated
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Thank you for your question. I have searched the web for some information on how to model the stress initialization after the thread cutting of a thermoplastic component in LS-Dyna. Here are some of the findings:
  • One possible method is to use the *INITIAL_STRESS_SHELL keyword, which allows you to define initial stresses for shell elements. You can specify the initial stress components in the global or local coordinate system, and apply them to a set of elements or nodes. You can also use the *INITIAL_STRESS_SOLID keyword for solid elements. You can read more about these keywords in the LS-Dyna manual1.
  • Another possible method is to use the *LOAD_SEGMENT keyword, which allows you to apply a distributed load along a segment defined by two nodes. You can use this keyword to simulate the contact force between the screw and the thermoplastic component, and adjust the magnitude and direction of the load to match the thread cutting process. You can read more about this keyword in the LS-Dyna manual1.
  • A third possible method is to use the *LOAD_PRESTRESS keyword, which allows you to apply a prestress load to a set of elements or nodes. You can use this keyword to simulate the residual stress induced by the thread cutting process, and specify the prestress components in the global or local coordinate system. You can read more about this keyword in the LS-Dyna manual1.
After applying one of these methods, you can run the dynamic relaxation as a second step to obtain the stress distribution and clamp load relaxation in your model.
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How should ChatGPT technology be improved and how should copyright legal norms be revised so that the continued development of different solutions, generations etc. of artificial intelligence technology and its new applications is not a problem for the development of science, scientific research, describing and publishing research results, etc. just to support the development of science?
The research shows that the development of artificial intelligence technology and its new applications, including the technology of the ChatGPT intelligent language model made available on the Internet, is currently proceeding at a much faster pace in terms of adapting legal norms to the new situation of rapidly developing new applications of this technology. In addition, the developing new applications of the artificial intelligence solutions available to Internet users generate not only positive aspects. For example, there are already numerous situations of disinformation on social media using photos, texts and videos generated by certain artificial intelligence solutions available on the Internet. In addition to this, the possibility of generating the texts of articles and essays using the ChatGPT language model available on the Internet, which does not show data sources, source publications or bibliography footnotes, generates a serious problem of violation of basic copyright issues. In addition, the ChatGPT-generated texts do not contain information indicating whether they are entirely the product of artificial intelligence creativity or whether they are, however, texts produced by 'assembling' them by combining paragraphs and assignments borrowed from other Internet-accessible publications, articles, book texts, etc., which were added to the database used by ChatGPT in 2021 after being downloaded from the Internet. This problem could also apply to the many other artificial intelligence solutions available on the Internet capable of generating images, videos, innovations, patents, computer software, new drugs, technical designs, artistic works, etc. It is therefore also necessary to build a digital labelling system for the various "works" created by artificial intelligence in order to distinguish them from what is directly created by humans. In addition to this, the improvement of such creative artificial intelligence systems should also address the issue of the automatic display of data sources, reference publications, annotated bibliographies and the elimination of the possibility of plagiarism in this way. It is also necessary to adapt the legal norms in the field of copyright law and, for example, also tax law relating to the issue of taxation of work carried out by artificial intelligence replacing humans in certain positions in companies and enterprises. In addition, other issues that require adaptation of legal norms to the current situation of different applications of artificial intelligence are how to solve the issue of authorship and gratification for "works" created by a robot or other machine equipped with an artificial intelligence system, when an intelligent robot has been produced by one company and another company has purchased it, and it is within the latter company that the AI-equipped robot has created certain "works" such as photographs, films, innovations, patents, computer software, new medicines, technical designs, artistic works, etc., which have been created by the robot. In view of the above, it is obvious that the development of artificial intelligence should develop in such a way that it does not get out of hand. This means, for example, that ChatGPT technology should be improved and legal norms regarding copyright should be amended so that the continued development of various solutions, generations, etc. of artificial intelligence technology and its new applications is not a problem for the development of science, scientific research, describing and publishing research results, etc., but only supports the development of science.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
How should ChatGPT technology be improved and how should copyright legal norms be revised so that the continued development of various solutions, generations, etc. of artificial intelligence technology and its new applications is not a problem for the development of science, scientific research, describing and publishing research results, etc. only to support the development of science?
What do you think about this topic?
What is your opinion on this subject?
Please respond,
I invite you all to discuss,
Thank you very much,
Warm regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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In connection with the above issue, it is necessary to build a system for labeling all kinds of creations, products, works made by artificial intelligence so that every user of certain goods, including publications created by artificial intelligence and available, among others, on the Internet, will know that this thing was created by artificial intelligence. In addition to this, it is necessary to create automated, standardized, reliable, etc. systems that accurately demonstrate the sources, footnotes, authorship of the various parts of a given work, which was created by an artificial intelligence, which in the course of creating a specific work combined various creations of human creativity.
What do you think about this topic?
Please answer,
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Thank you very much,
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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How can artificial intelligence technologies be used effectively in universities so that the development of artificial intelligence technologies exemplified by ChatGPT does not pose a threat to universities but rather is an increase in the possibilities for the development of universities, the development of scientific research, including the improvement of the efficiency of conducted research, analytical, teaching, scientific processes using large amounts of multi-criteria data processed on computerised Big Data Analytics platforms?
The development of artificial intelligence applications today is almost limitless. Artificial intelligence technologies have been developed for many years, but it is in the last few years that this development has significantly accelerated. On the other hand, thanks to the artificial intelligence system made available on the Internet, which is the ChatGPT language model, the topic of artificial intelligence has, since the end of 2022, become one of the main topics of discussion in various fields of knowledge and in the context of different scientific disciplines, business applications, etc. ChatGPT has also become one of the most popular online platforms rapidly gaining new users at a rate comparable to the most popular and fastest growing social media sites. However, the currently developing applications of ChatGPT's intelligent language model have also started to generate negative effects and have overtaken the process of adapting systemic solutions and regulations to the situation. There has emerged a serious risk of the rapid development of disinformation in online social media, with images, videos and texts generated by various artificial intelligence solutions that present what can be described as 'fictitious facts', which present something that is difficult to distinguish from real facts, real events taking place and to diagnose who or rather what created them. There is a serious risk of non-compliance with copyright in the creation of certain types of 'works' created by artificial intelligence. This also raises the question of the ethics of the creation of new works, works in which a reliably realised creativity is or should be included. Newly created works, such as photographs, films, textual studies, literary works, paintings, graphics, sculptures, architectural designs, technical and other innovations, computer programmes, patents, etc., contain the element of new solutions, concepts, innovation, etc., which are the result of human creativity. However, in the context of thousands of years of evolution of human abilities and creativity, it is only relatively recently that man has begun to assist himself in the processes of creative creation of something new, innovative solutions, new concepts, artistic works, etc., assisted by advanced technology that does this in principle for man, but according to assumptions and rules that man determines. In recent years, the aforementioned processes of using artificial intelligence in the creation of a kind of "works" created with the application of more and more data and information and within the framework of processes that are becoming more and more automated have been taking place at an increasingly rapid pace. The development of the ChatGPT intelligent language model technology, which is available on the Internet, shows how dynamically the use of new technology is taking place in order to, as it were, cede creative work that requires multi-criteria processing of large amounts of data and in increasingly automated processes. Since, for example, ChatGPT-created texts often lack full descriptions of data sources, source publications, bibliographic descriptions and lack information on the extent of possible plagiarism, the scale of possibilities for copyright infringement is large. Therefore, in the context of thesis texts written by students, essays for course credit at university, the use of a tool such as ChatGPT for this purpose generates serious risks of unreliability of writing this type of work. Therefore, it is necessary to create a system of digital marking of various types of "works" created by various artificial intelligence solutions, i.e. in addition to texts created by artificial intelligence, also the creation of photographs, films, innovations, patents, computer software, new drugs, technical projects, artistic works, etc. Such a system of digital marking of various types of "works" created by various artificial intelligence solutions will be helpful in the matter of distinguishing the effects of human work from the increasingly highly substitutable effects of advanced data processing carried out by artificial intelligence. In addition to this, computerised anti-plagiarism platforms and programmes should be improved in such a way that they diagnose the borrowing of text fragments, sentences, paragraphs, phrases from other texts, publications, articles, books, etc., and unattributed sources of data, information, formulas, formulas, models, definitions of new concepts, new concepts, projects, innovative solutions, etc., unattributed bibliographies. Therefore, the currently developed artificial intelligence solutions, such as ChatGPT and similar solutions, should be improved both from the technical and procedural side, as well as from the formal and legal side, thanks to which the scale of improper use of such tools, generating negative effects, will be significantly reduced, including, among others, the scale of unreliable writing of texts of journal and other articles, theses, descriptions of conducted research, results of conducted analyses, etc. In this way, by significantly reducing the scale of negative effects of the developed artificial intelligence applications, the possibilities of practical application of artificial intelligence in the scope of improving the performance of research, analytical and development works, research and development works, as well as the results of conducted analyses, etc., will be limited. In this way, significantly reducing the scale of negative effects of developed applications of artificial intelligence, also developed in universities, the possibilities of practical applications of artificial intelligence in improving the implementation of research, analytical, research and development work, descriptions of results of conducted research will be able to be developed in the future. In this way, effectively, artificial intelligence technologies can be used in universities so that the development of artificial intelligence technologies, of which ChatGPT is an example, does not pose a threat to universities, but rather that it is an increase in opportunities for the development of universities, the development of scientific research, including the improvement of the efficiency of conducted research and analytical processes with the use of large amounts of data processed multi-criteria on computerised Big Data Analytics platforms.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
How effectively can artificial intelligence technologies be used in universities so that the development of artificial intelligence technologies as exemplified by ChatGPT does not pose a threat to universities but rather that it is an increase in the possibilities for the development of universities, the development of scientific research, including the improvement of the efficiency of the conducted research, analytical, teaching, scientific processes using large amounts of data processed multi-criteria on computerised Big Data Analytics platforms?
And what is your opinion on this?
What is your opinion on this subject?
Please respond,
I invite you all to discuss,
Thank you very much,
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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Artificial intelligence can find application in improving the processes of scientific research conducted and/or analytical processes in which, for example, large data sets are analyzed. In this regard, combining Big Data Analytics with certain artificial intelligence solutions, i.e. artificial neural network-based deep learning, can generate significant improvements in the efficiency of conducted research and analytical processes.
What is your opinion on this issue?
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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I am really interested in using the Individual Work Performance Questionnaire (IWPQ) by Koopmans et al., (2013; 2014). However, I am unsure if I can freely use by citing the author it or if it is licensed and I need to ask for permission.
Any other recommendations for open access contextual performance questionnaires will be really appreciated.
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Imran Anwar Szymon Rubisz where can I find the scoring for Individual Work Performance Questionnaire (IWPQ) by Koopmans et al., (2013; 2014).
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Manuscript, ResearchGate, publication, copyright journals
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There is no general rule. Open-access publications can be uploaded immediately. Some journals allow uploads, but not of the final (published) version. Some journals do not allow uploads at all. You should check the rules of the journal in which your publication appeared or was accepted for publication. See also https://explore.researchgate.net/display/support/Copyright for considerations by RG.
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We know that terms are/were coined by people from the scientific community around the world, were those term copyrighted or a different caption will be used for it?
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Having a copyright on a scientific term or definition is impossible. The concept of copyright defined by the Berne Convention (1886) refers to exclusive right granted to authors on intellectual creations (literary, artistic, and scientific works) and, more specifically, the form of expression os his works.
The idea (and the underlying concept) are not protected, but only how it was expressed is subject to the copyright regime. It's a simple distinction within the law.
This is not to be confused with a person's moral right to be recognized as the author of a scientific concept or text.
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I hold the copyright on this paper
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Thank you for your reply. That's useful.
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i want to write a policy brief on this topic
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Do you know Bart Herbison? If not, Google him.
Bart has worked tirelessly on behalf of songwriters and knows the legislative (and, in turn, enforcement) ropes.
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There are several discussions regarding the types of authorship irregularities of scientific articles that become more abusive and more frequent: gift author, guest author, pressured author, ghost author... Some define a ghost author as "a person who has made an important contribution to the research or writing of a manuscript but is not named as an author." (Pain Medicine 2015; 16: 416–420). Today, I invite you to think about what kind of situations ghost authors can occur in, and how do you think authors and editors can deal when identifying such situation. Share your opinion!
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COPE signs that might indicate authorship problems!
This is very good infographic with many links to appropriate and relevant documents.
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I submitted a paper to Springer which was rejected, but the preprint was generated before editorial check.
After rejection, I submitted the same paper to Emerald which was accepted after critical modifications. I later received a message of Copyright Infringement from Emerald because the preprint of the rejected paper appears on Researchsquare.
Should preprint of rejected papers be a copyright infringement?
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It should be mentioned that whether this is copyright infringement depends on the legal system of Mr. Adeniran's country. not the country of the publisher's headquarters, which the author should not worry about.
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Forgive the dumb question, and perhaps someone will tell me where I should have looked to find the answer, but are we at liberty to upload and share papers for which the journal might hold the copyright?
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It's not a dumb question at all, and it's important to consider copyright when sharing papers online. In general, if a paper has been published in a journal, the journal or publisher may hold the copyright to the article. It's best to check the journal's website or the copyright information provided with the article to see what rights the author has to share the paper.
Some journals allow authors to share their papers freely, either immediately or after a certain embargo period. This may be through the author's personal website, institutional repository, or a preprint server such as arXiv. Other journals may require authors to obtain permission before sharing the paper, or may only allow sharing through specific channels or under certain conditions.
If you are unsure about whether you can share a paper, it's a good idea to reach out to the journal or publisher for clarification. Additionally, some databases or search engines may provide information on the copyright status of a paper or whether it is available for free elsewhere on the internet.
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I want to pick a published dataset (after giving proper citation and securing copyright also) from one article and after that I want to solve it with different software and compare it with the published results. Is it ethically fine or there is some violation of ethics?
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In general, it is allowed to use a dataset for further analysis or to solve a problem using alternative techniques/software if the dataset is publicly available and the published paper includes a reference to it. However, it is crucial to make sure that you cite the original paper as the dataset's source and give the authors of that paper the correct credit.
The legal ability to utilize the dataset for your intended purposes must also be confirmed. Some datasets might only be usable for non-commercial purposes, require permission from the original authors, or have other limitations on their use. To make sure you are using the dataset properly, you should carefully study any conditions of use or licensing agreements that are related to it.
The methods and tools you are employing should also be carefully evaluated to see if they are acceptable for the dataset and the research topic you are attempting to answer. It's possible that specific techniques or software won't work well with the dataset you're using or won't yield accurate findings. As a result, it's crucial to carry out the proper validation and verification of any results that were acquired using the dataset and the methods/software you've selected.
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I’m interested in how Community Maps and Directories are shared and meet confidentiality, copyright and intellectual property obligations.
Going for written consent results in only 10-20% of the community appearing on the map (unless you do exceptional coproduction), while the really useful stuff is unpublishable! Navigating data ownership vs coproduction and meeting database copyright regulations appears to be a challenge with all kinds of power implications.
I’d be grateful if you could suggest some thoughts, point me to something to read or suggest who I might talk to.
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Thanks for asking - I am grateful for your help. This is a personal exploration rather than a study affiliated to the University. I am writing this in the United Kingdom.
In my city, we have an Online Service Directory with 2091 entries, including many providers who are based outside the city and want to market their offer here. I am interested in churches. 44 appear on this Directory.
May I reproduce all the data about the 44 from this Directory in a new listing? If I use the Directory's format to publish my information but only present basic contact details, have I stolen their intellectual property associated with selecting fields and creating a Directory?
Another 198 churches are active in the city but do not appear on this Directory. May I adopt the Directory format and add the 198 to my listing?
I found some of the 198 on multiple national lists. Some of these national listings declare that their information may only be used to match individuals with churches. If the same information appears on several of these lists, does that count as being in the public domain, so may I add it to mine?
Some churches have given me a personal email as their point of contact. Can I just it to my list? If I ask permission and they don't reply, must I remove it from my list?
Do the rules change if the data is drawn from nonprofit or government funded listings, or if I try to sell my list rather than placing the information online as a free resource?
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LEGAL ISSUES AND HUMOR
The Media Law Journal (April 24, 2013) stated, “it’s not that the law clearly protects humorous speech and satire. The question is a bit vexed.” “With cases involving outrageous parody and satire, the path of least resistance has been to find the ‘speech’ non-defamatory as a matter of law.” Satire is “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.” The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press states that “Satire and Parody are important forms of political commentary that rely on blurring the line between truth and outrageousness to attack, scorn and ridicule public figures.” “Although they may be offensive and intentionally injurious, these statements contain constitutionally protected ideas and opinions provided a reasonable reader would not mistake the statements as describing actual facts.”
Comedians and writers can make a living from writing original jokes, but not all jokes can be copyrighted. A joke must be original, and fixed in some tangible form to be eligible for copyright protection, so jokes that are only uttered verbally are ineligible. Videos, books, and recordings of jokes may be eligible for copyright protection because they are recorded in tangible form. Jokes must also be original.
Minor variations of other people’s jokes are not eligible for copyright protection; also generalized humorous observations might not be eligible. The “Fair-Use” exception to copyright laws allows short excerpts of copyrighted material to be used for educational use, for parody, for scholarly review and similar purposes. Normally only longer jokes, humorous essays, or collections of jokes are copyrighted because other performers could work your jokes into their routines, and claim that they were parodying your jokes.
VOLTAIRE SAID: “It is forbidden to kill; therefore, all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
HONORÉ DE BALZAC SAID: “Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.
JIMMY CARTER SAID: “Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.”
What does the law say about the protection of satire, irony, parody, and jokes?
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The law protects satire, irony, parody, and jokes as a form of free speech and expression under the First Amendment. Satire humorously mocks and scorns individuals and political practices, and it is protected speech under the First Amendment. Parody uses copyrighted works for purposes that fair use was designed to protect. However, there are still legal issues concerning libel, emotional distress, and copyright infringement that may arise in certain situations. A joke must be original and fixed in some tangible form to be eligible for copyright protection, so jokes that are only uttered verbally are ineligible for protection. While satire and parody are protected under the First Amendment, creators of parody may face questions of copyright infringement. Overall, the law protects satire, irony, parody, and jokes as a form of free speech and expression, but there are still legal issues that may arise in certain situations. Best regards
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The internet produces huge amounts of multimedia content.
Artists, content producers, and publishers systematically see their works used, copied, or tampered with without consent or without receiving payment for the transfer of rights.
What are the solutions to this problem?
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  1. Copyright registration: Registering your work with the appropriate copyright office provides legal evidence of your ownership of the content.
  2. Watermarking: Adding a watermark to your multimedia content can help deter people from stealing your work. Watermarks can be text, logos, or images that are overlaid on your content.
  3. Licensing: You can choose to license your work through a Creative Commons license or another type of licensing agreement. This allows you to maintain ownership of your content while allowing others to use it under specific conditions.
  4. Digital rights management (DRM): This is a set of technologies that prevent unauthorized copying or distribution of your content. DRM can limit access to your content or add digital locks to prevent copying or tampering.
  5. Monitoring: You can monitor your content using software that searches the internet for unauthorized use of your multimedia content. If unauthorized use is found, you can take legal action to protect your copyright.
Overall, protecting copyright in the production of multimedia content requires a combination of legal protection, technological measures, and monitoring to ensure that your content is not used without your consent.
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A while back I wanted to use a story by Edgar Rice Burroughs in my radio stream. The story in question I assumed to be public domain in 70+ countries, like Norway, where I was residing at the time. However, when I contacted the Edgar Rice Burroughs literary estate they told me it was not due to some Bern agreement or something, which they said extended US copyrights (95+) into Norway. When I contacted a Norwegian legal scholar in order to have this verified, he told me this was not the case. I did not use the story because I know that some literary estates try to intimidate those with fewer financial resources. Nor was I short of alternatives of equal quality. My question is: what are the facts? Do certain trade agreements extend US copyrights into another country, and vice versa?
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Translation and Cultural Adaptation principles internationally offer accepted principles in regard to existing instruments to be translated in other languages after getting permission from the copyright owner. Can an author of a translated Instrument in another language register it as copyright under his or name?
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In general, an author of a translated work in another language cannot register it as a copyright in his or her name, unless the translation is considered a new and original work in its own right.
Copyright protection applies to original works of authorship, which are works that are independently created by their authors and possess a minimal degree of creativity. Translating an existing work into another language may involve some creative choices, but it generally does not meet the threshold of originality required for copyright protection.
However, if the translation is sufficiently creative and original, it may be eligible for copyright protection as a derivative work. In this case, the translator may be able to register the translation as a copyright in his or her own name, but only to the extent of the original contributions made by the translator.
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Given the issue of copyright of source publications, does the use of ChatGPT for the automated creation of new texts used in specific practical and commercial applications raise specific ethical issues?
Given the issue of copyright of source publications, the use of ChatGPT for the automated creation of new texts for certain practical, business and commercial uses may raise specific ethical issues if ChatGPT's creation of new texts uses certain source publications downloaded from the Internet and is not adequately acknowledged in the source footnotes. In such a situation, copyright may not be respected, which is a serious drawback, a breach of current standards for the use of source publications, and may seriously limit the practical use of new texts created in this way. Well, as a standard, ChatGPT does not provide a list of data sources in the responses. It is possible to ask for these data sources additionally and then it provides them, but there is no certainty that it provides them all. Sometimes, for general concepts, it lists sources such as textbooks, industry monographs, etc., and adds a statement that, in addition to these sources, the ChatGPT has also used so-called 'own sources', i.e. sources drawn from a knowledge base of several tens of terabytes obtained in 2021 from the Internet and contextually selected in relation to the question asked and, possibly, the preceding question's description of the context. The ethical issues related to the use of ChatGPT for the creation of texts used for specific practical and profit-making applications by freelancers, where a certain amount of creative work is required, are determined, inter alia, by the attitude of the person, company, institution or other entity using this tool to the data available on the Internet. Well, not all persons and entities using Internet resources treat the issues of openness of data and information provided on the Internet in the same way. There may be different approaches to the issues of demonstrating data sources, using them, respecting copyright. As a standard, i.e. according to the applicable legal and ethical regulations, even for data published under the open access formula, when using and writing texts, the sources of data, sources of inspiration, etc. must be indicated in the form of footnotes with information allowing to identify the specific source of the data. If this important issue is omitted and the sources of data, information, inspiration, specific statements, theses, explanations of concepts, etc. are not shown in a text that should be a new creative text, then serious drawbacks may arise both in terms of respecting copyright and the possibility of developing research in a given field, in a given topic, and in terms of verifying the veracity of specific information that ChatGPT originally took from the Internet (as of 2021 and according to a specific part and not the entirety of the data available on the Internet). If these issues are not met and the issue of copyright is treated with discretion, certain ethical considerations arise, i.e. the failure to comply with certain ethical principles. Besides, the issue of precise demonstration of data sources is also important for being able to verify the veracity of the data and information contained in the ChatGPT-generated answer to a question, i.e. the automatically generated specific text. The importance of this issue is directly proportional to the scale of errors and fictitious information generated by the ChatGPT of non-existent "facts" appearing in the texts generated by this system that are answers to the question asked. And, unfortunately, the scale of these errors and non-existent "facts" generated by ChatGPT, fictitious "data and information" created within the "free creation" of this system is not small.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
Considering the issue of copyright of source publications, does the use of ChatGPT for the automated creation of new texts used in specific practical and profit-making applications generate specific ethical problems?
What do you think about it?
What is your opinion on this subject?
Please respond,
I invite you all to discuss,
Thank you very much,
Warm regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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All the hype surrounding ChatGPT suggests that you can just ask it whether copyright would be violated if the content were distributed or what attribution would be required to avoid copyright violation. Maybe the problem can even be avoided with a suitable construal of harm in Asimov's First Law of Robots....
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We recently published a paper (Springer) and were given a link shared by all co-authors with the caution that we were to share these copies with NO ONE ELSE! I've always understood that papers could be shared for research purposes – isn't this how science works?
Given this I feel I can no longer provide full text to Research Gate, Academia or other sites. Anyone else experiencing this drastic tightening of copyright rules?
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However, you have the right to use preprints before the work has even been submitted for review. You may not distribute the final text, assembled according to the publisher's template.
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Can I publish a full text of my paper on ResearchGate if I have already given the copyright to a journal?
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Dear Adham Osama Ahmed This depends very much on the publisher. If you mean your paper published by the publisher ASME you can find the details here: https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/resourcefiles/shop/journals/get_your_work_noticed_flyer.pdf It states and I quote: “Submit the pre-publication version to your institutional repository or a subject-specific repository (with ASME permission)”
So, the final version cannot be uploaded, and I estimate that ‘officially’ you are not allowed to upload a pre-publication here on RG either (it is not a “subject-specific repository”). If your university has their own repository, you can upload the accepted manuscript version there.
Best regards.
PS. You can scroll through the list here https://www.researchgate.net/journal/Journal-of-Solar-Energy-Engineering-0199-6231 and see that indeed the majority (but not all) papers are only here on RG as link and the full-text is not uploaded.
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To include a numerical or drawing for publication in my book, is it enough to mention it's source (bibliography) or copyright has to be obtained? There are certain free e-books. What about them? Could anyone help?
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Dear @Mohd Sadaf,
You must have the copyright for everything you take from others books.
If you quote a text, you must add the " " (before and after the quoted text).
But for the rest (everything -not quoted text-) you must have the copyright.
The reason of this is that all the other author's work is his work himself and he has worked to have that work; for example, we can imagine that: you take everything from his work (photos, stadistic tables, diagrams, graphics, schemes, numeric texts, etc.): so, it results that all his work becomes your work, and that is plagiarism.
In brief:
- text --> quoted;
- everything else --> copyright or nothing.
My best wishes for you.
Dr. Ignatius.
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For an oncoming study, I will need to translate and use a set of questionnaires. For translating, I will use the outline as presented here: https://doi.org/10.4103%2Fsja.SJA_203_17 , but I struggle to find any information on copyright. I am wondering whether I am allowed to just use questionnaires due to copyright issues.
I imagine I would be allowed to translate and use a questionnaire, but not publish the questions? Except perhaps if the original questionnaire is available under a Creative Commons licence?
Any input would be appreciated!
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Yes, you would be safe in the scenario you describe.
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Can anyone help me to make a copyright aggrement to submit my manuscript to Malaysian journal of sustainable agriculture.
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Some journals require copyright form to be attached during manuscript submission. Many journal provide PDF forms to be filled or online link.
Most of the journals would send an online link to fill up after the acceptance of the manuscript for publication and prior to proof reading of final article.
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I am a Ph.D. student with low experience in publication. I want to draw a diagram free of a copyright issue for my manuscript. Would you please help me in suggesting trustworthy sites and/or any other possible ways to produce a copyright-free diagrams for publishing on my article? Any related comment is welcomed. Thank you.
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Hi, you can use the QGIS to draw the map instead of copying images!
Thanks.
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I know that the main text of a published work comes under copyright, but not sure about the supporting data. Please, share your thought, comment, or any such experience on (re)using the supporting data of a published work.
Thanks
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If the supporting data is published online on the journal website, getting permission from the concerned journal team is safer. The supporting data are sometimes used to clarify the reviewer's comments. In such a case and not published by the journal online, there should not be any problem using the data. I see that the copy-right term varies with journals; it is always better to look at it to avoid conflicts after the publication.
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hi everyone, I'm trying to run a simple UDF on ansys fluent but when i compile it (build buttom) it shows me 1 error along with several warnings I will appreciate if anyone could give me a hand on this.
This is the complete output of the console along with the code
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Copied D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent/D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\UDFex1.C to libudf\src
(system "copy "C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent"\fluent21.2.0\src\udf\sconstruct.udf "libudf\win64\2d_host\SConstruct" ")
1 archivo(s) copiado(s).
(system "copy "C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent"\fluent21.2.0\src\udf\scons_default.bat "libudf\win64\2d_host\scons_test.bat" ")
1 archivo(s) copiado(s).
Creating user_nt.udf file for 2d_host ...
(system "copy "C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent"\fluent21.2.0\src\udf\makefile_nt.udf "libudf\win64\2d_host\makefile" ")
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(chdir "libudf")(chdir "win64\2d_host")
D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_host>rem
D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_host>rem Copyright 1987-2021 ANSYS, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_host>rem
"cl.exe" no se reconoce como un comando interno o externo,
programa o archivo por lotes ejecutable.
"clang-cl" no se reconoce como un comando interno o externo,
programa o archivo por lotes ejecutable.
scons: Reading SConscript files ...
scons: warning: No version of Visual Studio compiler found - C/C++ compilers most likely not set correctly
File "D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_host\SConstruct", line 8, in <module>
scons: warning: No version of Visual Studio compiler found - C/C++ compilers most likely not set correctly
File "D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_host\SConstruct", line 18, in <module>
Compiler used is "C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent"\ntbin\clang\bin\clang-cl
Linker used is "C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent"\ntbin\clang\bin\lld-link
scons: warning: No version of Visual Studio compiler found - C/C++ compilers most likely not set correctly
File "D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_host\SConstruct", line 148, in <module>
Copy("D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_host\resolve.exe", "C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\win64\resolve.exe")
c_sources ['UDFex1.C', 'udf_names.c']
c_sources_ []
scons: done reading SConscript files.
scons: Building targets ...
"C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent"\ntbin\clang\bin\clang-cl /c /DUDF_EXPORTING /DUDF_NT /DWIN64 /EHa /wd4224 -Wno-return-type -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-comment -Wno-incompatible-library-redeclaration -Wno-reserved-user-defined-literal /clang:-std=c99 -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\win64\2d_host -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\main -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\addon-wrapper -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\io -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\species -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\pbns -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\numerics -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\sphysics -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\storage -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\mphase -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\bc -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\models -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\material -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\amg -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\util -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\mesh -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\udf -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\ht -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\dx -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\turbulence -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\acoustics -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\parallel -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\etc -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\ue -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\dpm -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\dbns -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\cortex\src -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\client\src -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\tgrid\src -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\PRIME\tgrid\src -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\multiport\src -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\multiport\mpi_wrapper\src -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\include -I "D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_host" -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\clang\MSVC\14.10.25017\include -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\clang\x64\lib\clang\10.0.0\include -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\clang\10\Include\10.0.18362.0\shared -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\clang\10\Include\10.0.18362.0\ucrt -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\clang\10\Include\10.0.18362.0\um udf_names.c
In file included from udf_names.c:3:
In file included from C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\udf\udf.h:22:
In file included from C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\main\global.h:258:
In file included from C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\storage\var.h:10:
C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\clang\10\Include\10.0.18362.0\shared\basetsd.h(322,12): warning: cast to 'void * __ptr32' from smaller integer type 'unsigned long' [-Wint-to-void-pointer-cast]
return((void * POINTER_32) (unsigned long) (ULONG_PTR) p);
^
In file included from udf_names.c:3:
C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\udf\udf.h(79,12): fatal error: 'ud_io1.h' file not found
# include "ud_io1.h"
^~~~~~~~~~
1 warning and 1 error generated.
scons: *** [udf_names.obj] Error 1
scons: building terminated because of errors.
(system "copy "C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent"\fluent21.2.0\src\udf\sconstruct.udf "libudf\win64\2d_node\SConstruct" ")
1 archivo(s) copiado(s).
(system "copy "C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent"\fluent21.2.0\src\udf\scons_default.bat "libudf\win64\2d_node\scons_test.bat" ")
1 archivo(s) copiado(s).
Creating user_nt.udf file for 2d_node ...
(system "copy "C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent"\fluent21.2.0\src\udf\makefile_nt.udf "libudf\win64\2d_node\makefile" ")
1 archivo(s) copiado(s).
(chdir "libudf")(chdir "win64\2d_node")
D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_node>rem
D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_node>rem Copyright 1987-2021 ANSYS, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_node>rem
"cl.exe" no se reconoce como un comando interno o externo,
programa o archivo por lotes ejecutable.
"clang-cl" no se reconoce como un comando interno o externo,
programa o archivo por lotes ejecutable.
scons: Reading SConscript files ...
scons: warning: No version of Visual Studio compiler found - C/C++ compilers most likely not set correctly
File "D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_node\SConstruct", line 8, in <module>
scons: warning: No version of Visual Studio compiler found - C/C++ compilers most likely not set correctly
File "D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_node\SConstruct", line 18, in <module>
Compiler used is "C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent"\ntbin\clang\bin\clang-cl
Linker used is "C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent"\ntbin\clang\bin\lld-link
scons: warning: No version of Visual Studio compiler found - C/C++ compilers most likely not set correctly
File "D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_node\SConstruct", line 148, in <module>
Copy("D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_node\resolve.exe", "C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\win64\resolve.exe")
c_sources ['UDFex1.C', 'udf_names.c']
c_sources_ []
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"C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent"\ntbin\clang\bin\clang-cl /c /DUDF_EXPORTING /DUDF_NT /DWIN64 /EHa /wd4224 -Wno-return-type -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-comment -Wno-incompatible-library-redeclaration -Wno-reserved-user-defined-literal /clang:-std=c99 -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\win64\2d_node -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\main -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\addon-wrapper -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\io -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\species -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\pbns -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\numerics -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\sphysics -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\storage -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\mphase -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\bc -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\models -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\material -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\amg -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\util -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\mesh -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\udf -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\ht -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\dx -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\turbulence -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\acoustics -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\parallel -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\etc -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\ue -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\dpm -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\dbns -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\cortex\src -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\client\src -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\tgrid\src -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\PRIME\tgrid\src -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\multiport\src -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\multiport\mpi_wrapper\src -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\include -I "D:\Ingenieria Mecatronica\proyecto de grado (auxiliar de investigacion)\ejemplos\UDFexample\ejemplo1_files\dp0\FFF\Fluent\libudf\win64\2d_node" -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\clang\MSVC\14.10.25017\include -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\clang\x64\lib\clang\10.0.0\include -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\clang\10\Include\10.0.18362.0\shared -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\clang\10\Include\10.0.18362.0\ucrt -I C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\clang\10\Include\10.0.18362.0\um udf_names.c
In file included from udf_names.c:3:
In file included from C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\udf\udf.h:22:
In file included from C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\main\global.h:258:
In file included from C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\storage\var.h:10:
C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\ntbin\clang\10\Include\10.0.18362.0\shared\basetsd.h(322,12): warning: cast to 'void * __ptr32' from smaller integer type 'unsigned long' [-Wint-to-void-pointer-cast]
return((void * POINTER_32) (unsigned long) (ULONG_PTR) p);
^
In file included from udf_names.c:3:
C:\PROGRA~1\ANSYSI~1\v212\fluent\fluent21.2.0\src\udf\udf.h(79,12): fatal error: 'ud_io1.h' file not found
# include "ud_io1.h"
^~~~~~~~~~
1 warning and 1 error generated.
scons: *** [udf_names.obj] Error 1
scons: building terminated because of errors.
Done.
AND the code tha I'm using
#include "udf.h"
static real velx=0.0;
DEFINE_CG_MOTION(box,dt,vel,omega,time,dtime)
{
NV_S(vel, =, 0.0);
NV_S(omega, =, 0.0);
velx= 0.05*sin(3.1415927 * time / 10.);
vel[0]=velx;
message("Time=%f, vel[0]=%f/n",time,vel[0]);
}
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Hi everyone, I solved the problem by reinstalling visual studio 2022, also the code had an inner error, lastly I followed this guide for solve other issues https://www.cfd-online.com/Wiki/Flue...with_Fluent_13 the new code /* Moving grid problem -CG movement of a box*/ #include "udf.h" static real velx = 0.0; DEFINE_CG_MOTION(box, dt, vel, omega, time, dtime) { NV_S(vel, =, 0.0); NV_S(omega, =, 0.0); velx = 0.05 * sin(3.1415927 * time / 10.); vel[1] = velx; Message("Time=%f, vel[1]=%f/n", time, vel[1]); }
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Copyright permission..
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Prof. Biswajit Gayen: I have another perspective that is different than the other perspectives of the respected colleagues. After the paper is published, it is owned by the journal! So, you should email the journal.
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I'm not entirely certain how this "Start a discussion" feature works, but I'll give it a shot anyways.
I can't be the only one experiencing a co-author paraphrasing all my work so that person can maintain complete control over the publishing process. Some have said this issue happens often at the graduate level but never at the undergraduate level. I'm a non-traditional 40-something year old student who has extensive experience with civil rights and so I'm particularly sensitive to people trying to pull a fast-one on me.
In this case, the professor glitched a few times which had me researching copyrights and IP laws a long time ago. However, I waited until after graduation to raise the issue because the university has a history of retaliation when people express concerns of possible civil rights violations. The corruption runs deep at this particular institution, which bases most of its decisions on their intentional lack of policies and procedures addressing fundamental rights such as free speech and intellectual property. In other words, they remain silent on key issues in order to have as much lateral discretion as possible when making critical decisions even when those decisions are inconsistent with both laws and ethics and could potentially ruin a student's entire academic career.
One of the biggest red flags I noticed early on was the professor neglected to go over the section in our textbook that addresses authorship order and publishing rights in the chapter titled "Research Ethics."
I think my mistake was taking for granted that I viewed this entire project as my own because it was based almost entirely on my research into safe consumption sites. The experimental design, methodologies, protocols, and procedures were created by myself during her class in "Research Methods" as graded assignments. It was, and always has been, my original ideas and content from the very beginning; it just never occurred to me that this professor could, or would, even try to scrub me out like this. I trusted this person and considered her a friend and mentor!
Looking back, I cannot remember even a single instance where we had this conversation despite it being a core principle of the American Psychology Association Code of Ethics. The professor is a licensed psychologist and my degree was in psychology so you'd think that would have been something we should have covered at least once. Right?
Has anyone else experienced issues similar to this? How did you handle it? What should I do, or have done, to prevent this from becoming an issue?
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I find the following important note on the Wikipedia:
"A study found that over half of the uploaded papers appear to infringe copyright because the authors uploaded the publisher's version."
To see this note, you can refer to the following link
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Hi all,
I am posting our paper on medrxiv. I have never come across Distribution/Reuse Options to choose from and those look copyright-related. It reads:
  • © No reuse/adaptation without permission
  • CC-BY-NC-ND
  • CC-BY-ND
  • CC-BY-NC
  • CC-BY
  • CC0 (US gov or non-Gov)
What copyright options do you use for preprint servers? Any precautions?
Thanks.
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One of my friends was accused of plagiarism; do you know why?
After about three months, his research paper was rejected because of plagiarism. When he checked the journal report, he found that his paper was accused of plagiarism with a 61% percentage. The reason is that his manuscript was previously uploaded as a preprint. It took him another two months to solve the problem and remove the manuscript from the database of the preprint.
So, in order to solve this type of issue, it may take several months of following up to remove the manuscript from the database of the preprint. Anyhow, If there were accusations of plagiarism, it is not well for any researcher's reputation, in any meaning.
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I am interested in sharing preprints for externally funded projects to provide open access and am wondering about the impact on the peer review process. Specifically, at what point should preprints be posted? Do preprints impact the peer review process (potential reviewers unable to complete a "blind review")? Can copyright issues arise (potentially self plagiarism as the work is previously published)? Thank you for any insight into the preprint process.
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Dear honorable researchers,
Preprints are defined as an author’s version of a research manuscript prior to formal peer review at a journal, which is deposited on a public server. ResearchGate (RG) said about "Preprints" an early-stage research. On the other side, RG is not a publisher and, in turn, uploaded unpublished text is not regarded as a publication. Hence, a preprint is an author's own original or draft version of their paper before any peer review has taken place and before it is published.
Before answering this valuable question of Prof. Brittany Hott, please let me give my own opinion about preprint:
Why you let others know about your insights and methodologies before publication? You should avoid telling the other researchers about the details of anyone of your papers until it has been published and seeing your name by yourself. You may say that I am somewhat old-fashioned, but I have a different perspective for uploading any preprint anywhere before it has been published by your name. My advice is not to put your research anywhere until it is published.
  • Your manuscript may be copied and then published by others before you can do that. This stealing of your paper might be happening. So, you must wait until the paper is accepted and then published by that journal. Then, upload that research item on any platform you wish.
  • A journal may have automated plagiarism software to check the paper before admitting it to the reviewing process. There are chances that your paper can get a rejection at any point. Thus, to avoid this problem. Publish the preprint after you got the paper as "ACCEPTED".
Finally, for the coming future, do not upload any paper anywhere until it is published with your name. Even if it is a "preprint"! For the time being, If you had done something like that as a "preprint", for instance, I advise you to delete the preprint from any elsewhere and wait for two months before sending the paper to any journal.
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ِDoes submitting preprint papers in the figshare.com and getting Reserved DOI enough to keep our copyright?
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Hello,
I am a commercial publisher who translated an article from English to French.
This article was originally published under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.
I have a question about article 3 a. 1. A. ii (copyright notice).
I understand that I must indicate the existence of a copyright if the information is supplied by the Licensor with the Licensed Material.
For example, it is indicated in the original article that the copyright belongs to the authors of the article.
But does the copyright of the translated version belong to these authors or to the publishing house that translated the article?
Thanks,
François Maurice
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Assuming the publisher used skill and effort tio create the translation, then yes, the publisher owns the © in the translation. There is nothing, however, to stop you creating your own translation of the original.
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A journal accepted my paper after few days with no corrections for upcoming issue. My question is about the form sent for copyright assignment which included the word "sell" as follow
"I, Name Here, MD. (herein called the Assignor), do hereby unconditionally sell, transfer, assign and set over unto the Assignee all my right, title and interest in “Name of Article Here” (herein called the Review). The Assignee shall have the unconditional right at any time hereafter to sell, license or otherwise dispose of any and all rights in the Review, including any and all images in any medium"
Emails are sent by an off-shore company on behalf of editorial director and publisher.
I need your advice.
thanks
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Hi Amr Said, First, You should check what type of magazine your article is accepting, it will not be a predator. Kind Regards
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I am constantly barraged with requests to upload "my" published manuscripts to this site, as well as individual messages from members here for the same. It is usually wrong to oblige because the journal has the copyright, even for manuscripts that are over 20 years old. Don't get me wrong here, I'm an advocate for the open journal movement so that "non- affiliated" scientists with no affordable access to journals can have access to academia and continue to work as professional scientists, rather than Starbuck baristas while illegitimate (non-peer-reviewed) information reigns for free on the internet. BUT, we're not there yet. For my own promotional purposes, I would like nothing more than to fulfil these requests for my publications. It was a rude awakening to discover that I don't even have the legal right to send pdf's to colleagues through email. I'm old enough to remember the "50 complimentary pre-prints" that you were allowed give or snail mail to colleagues, but not much has changed: there's a paywall for every one of my papers. Until those go away, I cannot / will not upload papers here.
Let's broaden the discussion for open access journals to include the major "name brand" journals in each field, rather than having to take chances with the new upstart "open access" journals.
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Indeed, for subscription-based journals it is officially not allowed to share public full-text versions of your publications (although some have an embargo period and after that you can, and some allow pre-print versions). However, it is completely legal to provide someone a (hard)copy of your paper, even when it is normally subjected to copyright issues. See for example: https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/copyright
“Authors can use their articles, in full or in part, for a wide range of scholarly, non-commercial purposes as outlined below:
•Use by an author in the author’s classroom teaching (including distribution of copies, paper or electronic)
•Distribution of copies (including through e-mail) to known research colleagues for their personal use (but not for Commercial Use) ….”
I am old enough as well 😉 to remember that you received 50 or so Offprints, at the time it was quite common to send the author a brief letter requesting a hard copy. Basically, nowadays such requests go by e-mail, and you can send a pdf which you receive as author (most of the times).
Beside the ‘legal’ arguments there are more practical reasons why this is normal practice:
-The publisher is unable to track what you send to/exchange with another (interested) researcher
-In the same way that ‘in the old days’ you could copy a paper (you found in the library), who check what you are doing with it?
-Exchanging info on a one-to-one base is fundamentally different than making a paper freely accessible to everyone on a platform like RG
Yes, it is ridiculous that papers that are more than 20 years old are still subjected to all sorts of copyright rules (even patents of multi-million-dollar investments have a limit protection timeframe) but requests for those interested in your work can be ‘rewarded’.
Best regards.
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For Copyright, some journals ask for charges where as others don't?? why ( in context with figures)
Isn't it suppose to be better, if information's are shared. Plus there will be an increase in citation for the particular journal.
If anyone expert in the field can highlight.
Thank You!
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Indeed, the conditions for the re-use of illustrations vary widely among different publishers, as much as any other conditions. Some publishers want to maximise revenue in the short term, even though they may lose out in the long term. This is private business.
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Hello everyone, I am interested in patent strategy cases for Amazon sellers - reports, articles with open access, etc. The copyright strategies are interesting as well, but not case studies regarding trademarks.
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I would like to use the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire in my dissertation, but I was hoping to collect my data online to minimize contact due to the pandemic. Is it possible to use this assessment online? Are there any copyright restrictions?
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CTQ-SF was derived from the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, a 70-item, Likert scale questionnaire that measures five subsets: emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional neglect, and physical neglect.
An interesting paper to read
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Am currently writing a letter to the editor to a journal where I will update the old data published by another team in that same journal. If I put their main data in a column and then my data in the next one, do I still need a copyright license? I will of course cite them. Only two columns in my table will have their data as it is from two years. the other columns in my table will be having fresh data.
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puisque vous citez la source de ces informations il n’y a aucun problème, vous n’avez pas besoin de licence de droit d’auteur.
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I would like to use a questionnaire (physical activity scale for the eldery) for a research project. It seems to be copyright protected. However, I have so far been unable to contact the copyright holders. I cannot find an email address that works nore a webpage. How should one proceed? Is it enough to reference the original work?
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Copyrights must not be infringed in any way to avoid legal accountability
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Hello All,
I am doing an applied research to measure HR professional's cultural intelligence. As the Standard CQ Scale is copyrighted restrictedly for the organisations. I have to develop a tool and use cultural competence assessment tools that can cover my need. Can you please introduce the tools that are related and open to public to be used.
Thanks
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Hello,
In my thesis work I developed a new model of cultural competence from an ecological and equity-based approach. It also offer a measurement instrument based on it. I hope it may be of interest to you:
I remain at your disposal if you need any indication about the instrument.
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Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 15:08:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
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>>> {'gui': None, 'cmd': <Pmv.selectionCommands.MVSelectCommand instance at 0x06676D00>, 'name': 'select'}
{'gui': None, 'cmd': <Pmv.selectionCommands.MVDeSelectCommand instance at 0x066B00A8>, 'name': 'deselect'}
{'gui': <ViewerFramework.VFCommand.CommandGUI instance at 0x066769B8>, 'cmd': <Pmv.selectionCommands.MVClearSelection instance at 0x066B01E8>, 'name': 'clearSelection'}
{'gui': None, 'cmd': <Pmv.selectionCommands.MVExpandSelection instance at 0x066B0328>, 'name': 'expandSelection'}
{'gui': None, 'cmd': <Pmv.selectionCommands.MVSelectAround instance at 0x066B0418>, 'name': 'selectAround'}
{'gui': <ViewerFramework.VFCommand.CommandGUI instance at 0x06676A08>, 'cmd': <Pmv.selectionCommands.MVSaveSetCommand instance at 0x066B0530>, 'name': 'saveSet'}
{'gui': None, 'cmd': <Pmv.selectionCommands.MVCreateSetIfNeeded instance at 0x066B0620>, 'name': 'createSetIfNeeded'}
{'gui': <ViewerFramework.VFCommand.CommandGUI instance at 0x06676C38>, 'cmd': <Pmv.selectionCommands.MVInvertSelection instance at 0x066B0738>, 'name': 'invertSelection'}
{'gui': <ViewerFramework.VFCommand.CommandGUI instance at 0x06676AA8>, 'cmd': <Pmv.selectionCommands.MVSelectSetCommand instance at 0x066B0878>, 'name': 'selectSet'}
{'gui': <ViewerFramework.VFCommand.CommandGUI instance at 0x06676AF8>, 'cmd': <Pmv.selectionCommands.MVSelectFromStringCommand instance at 0x066B0968>, 'name': 'selectFromString'}
{'gui': <ViewerFramework.VFCommand.CommandGUI instance at 0x06676B48>, 'cmd': <Pmv.selectionCommands.MVDirectSelectCommand instance at 0x066B0B20>, 'name': 'directSelect'}
{'gui': <ViewerFramework.VFCommand.CommandGUI instance at 0x06676B98>, 'cmd': <Pmv.selectionCommands.MVSelectSphericalRegion instance at 0x066B0C60>, 'name': 'selectInSphere'}
{'gui': <ViewerFramework.VFCommand.CommandGUI instance at 0x06676CB0>, 'cmd': <Pmv.selectionCommands.SelectNoWaterHeteroAtomsCommand instance at 0x066B0D50>, 'name': 'selectHeteroAtoms'}
charges on carbons unchanged
adding gasteiger charges to Receptor
Exception in Tkinter callback
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\MGLTools-latest\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 1410, in __call__
return self.func(*args)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\MGLTools-latest\lib\site-packages\AutoDockTools\autodpfCommands.py", line 1727, in chooseLigand_cb
mol = self.chooser.getMolSet()
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\MGLTools-latest\lib\site-packages\Pmv\guiTools.py", line 181, in getMolSet
if self.mode=='single': return mols[0]
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\MGLTools-latest\lib\UserList.py", line 31, in __getitem__
def __getitem__(self, i): return self.data[i]
IndexError: list index out of range
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Those errors seem to be exceptions in the source codes of the python modules you are using.
Try posting this to one of the Stack exchange sites, for questions this technical they are the best.
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Suppose if someone publish a paper in a journal and after around 2-3 years of transferring copyright to the journal, it is discontinued due to any reason. Now due to this the repository of journal is also lost and paper is no more accessible. So in this scenario, is it allowed if author of same paper go for republishing this work with another journal publishing with standard publisher like IEEE, Springer, Elsevier, ACM etc.?
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Wolfgang is correct. Assuming you assigned copyright in the paper to the then publisher, then that publisher owns the rights to it and you are NOT free to republish it. If the publisher has since gone out of business, it might have transferred all the copyrights it owned to another body, or if it did not, then your paper is a classic orphan work - in copyright but with no known owner (the owner is NOT you). Either way it's infringement if you republish, but the chances of anyone suddenly appearing and suing you for infringement is low in the case of an orphan work, rather higher if the copyright was transferred to another publisher. So this is a judgement call for you; republish and risk getting sued, or don't republish.
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I am currently working on a transfer learning model. Should I add the source code of my model in a public repository? Will it create any copyright problem? As unpublished work, the source code can be used by anyone from a public repository. What should I do?
Thanks in advance for your response.
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Github code is public unless you buy their subscription for a private repo. This is the link for pricing. Private Repos are Repos in which you code remains private. Nobody other than you and the other collaborators can see it.
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I with co-authors included almost all a table from other paper in a paper that we are going to submit, but we are not sure if we need permision for copyright to reproduce the table or is only necesary indicate the refrence of the table?
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Thanks a lot Kolita Weerasekera for your feedback
greetings
Arturo
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Predatory open access journals are fake and research published in them is actually lost. Why some of them insist to maintain the copyright?
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You asked two different questions:
1. "Why Journals that demand to keep the copyright while claiming to be open access should be treated with extreme caution?"
Both open-access and subscription-based journals demand to keep their copyright. Open access does not mean that there is no copyright. Therefore one cannot say that "journals that demand to keep the copyright while claiming to be open access should be treated with extreme caution." Once you published a paper in a journal, whether it is open access or not or whether it is predatory or not, in most cases you are not free, e.g., to publish the same paper in another journal.
2. "Why some of [predatory open access journals] insist to maintain the copyright?"
One of the definitions of predatory publishing is that it is "an exploitative business model that involves charging publication fees to authors without checking articles for quality and legitimacy, and without providing editorial and publishing services that legitimate academic journals provide, whether open access or not" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_publishing). The problem is that the relation between an author and a publisher is based on a private contract (even if you do not sign a contract explicitely). One of the conditions is that the author will respect the publisher's copyright transferred by author according to the contract. This condition is independent on whether the publisher checked the paper for quality, i.e. whether it is predatory or not. If you were ever to go to court against a predatory publisher, you would realize that it is hard to find out what the publisher really promised, but that you nevertheless signed to respect his copyright.
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I have just published a book with a big international science publisher (CRC Press, a branch of Taylor and Francis). The multi-author edited book is nice and hopefully useful for many (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321016401_Grasslands_of_the_world_diversity_management_and_conservation), but the experiences with the publisher were so disappointing that some co-authors and I decided to start a public discussion on writing scientific books in the age of greedy publishers.
Here are some key facts of our collaboration with CRC/Francis and Taylor:
· The communication with the publisher was very unreliable and inefficient: e.g. did we receive various requests multiple times and the publisher “forgot” about previous written agreements.
· The typesetting as the only service provided by the publisher was very poor: about 90% of the changes made by the publisher introduced errors into previously correct text or tables and it was very time-consuming for us to find all these errors and remove them again.
· Instead of paying the authors a honorarium for their work, the publisher forced us to pay for the colour figures in our articles.
· The publisher refused to give the authors a complimentary print copy of their book (only the editors got one).
· First the publisher wanted to provide an electronic version of the chapter/book only to each corresponding author, not to all authors, and only after serious negotiations they accepted to provide e-books to all authors. We assumed that these would be functional pdf’s, but instead they received the books in a very weird e-book format with a display in an ugly and hardly readable layout (e.g. all text in bold), not allowing proper printing nor sharing parts of the content (e.g. single pages or figures) with others. This means that the authors did not receive any printed or electronic copy of that exactly corresponds to the published version of their own work.
I am extremely frustrated about the behaviour of CRC/Francis and Taylor and consider the last point as being at the edge of unethical. My feeling is that CRC might only reflect the strategy of most international science publishers to maximise profit by pressing money out of both authors and readers/libraries, while at the same time minimising the service they provide. On the other hand my gut feeling tells me that nowadays with cheap print-on-demand technology and the possibility to distribute printed or open access e-books without the need to involve a big marketing/distribution machinery should allow for other solutions.
Therefore, I would like to ask you two questions:
· Did you make similar experiences with other science publishers, or are they better or even worse?
· Do you see ways how those among us who would like to continue to write nice and useful books can do this without sacrificing themselves to profit-maximisation strategy of the big international science publishers?
Looking forward to your responses and hoping for a lively debate,
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Dengler
(ZHAW, Wädenswil, Switzerland)
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I had a positive experience with Springer. I was involved in two book chapters; the publisher sent me a hard copy of the book.
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I am Kiruthika K studying Bachelor of Occupational Therapy. I am doing a research on pregnancy. I would like to know the copyrights permission for Satisfaction of Daily Occupation scale.
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My response included the phrase "permission to USE the article in your work situation." Is there a way that I could have phrased that more clearly?
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I am Vijaya Dharshini. M pursuing my Final Year in Bachelor of Occupational Therapy from Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai. I am doing my Research project in Reducing Academic Stress among undergraduate students using a leisure activity.
So for doing this study I m using Academic Stress Scale , but the Author of the questionnaire is expired. Now from whom should I get the copyrights Permission to use this scale in my Research Project. Kindly help me out.
Thanks in Advance.
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Dear Vijaya, I also think that there is no need to seek copyrights Permission. You are using Academic Stress Scale for your research project. You just have to cite the original source of the scale in your text now and after that when you will publish your work, you have to cite it properly in your publication. Thank you.
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Hi everyone,
I am looking for a neutral video clip for my control group. I am not looking for specific face datasets, but rather a neutral video about mundane content (e.g. a person explaining something or a neutral/ordinary day-to-day activity such as making the laundry). The video clip should be around 4-5 minutes long and free to use for academic purposes (without copyright issues etc.). If anyone has any suggestions I would highly appreciate them! Thank you!
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Dear Sophie, thanks for posting this technical question on RG. As an inorganic chemist I'm absolutely not a proven expert in your field of research. However, I can suggest to you a few potentially useful links. For example, please have a look at the following article which is freely as public full text right here on RG:
Database of Emotional Videos from Ottawa (DEVO)
Also please check this link:
The Chieti Affective Action Videos database, a resource for the study of emotions in psychology
This article has been published Open Access so that it is freely accessible on the internet (see attached pdf file).
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I hope this helps. Good luck with your work!
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Recently, I completed a review article, submitted it to the journal, and received comments/questions from the journal editor. Now, as the deadline approaches, I will submit the revised manuscript. Since I have answered the reviewers’ questions and solved all the questions they raised, but in the editor’s email, this is clearly mentioned, that is, only after you have obtained all necessary copyright permissions from the publisher , We can continue publishing. I know this is an important step, but I found that, unlike Willey ACS journals, Springer Nature journals do not provide image licenses for free. Now let me ask everyone, how to solve this problem? Since I am a student, I cannot afford huge fees. Although the manuscript is already in the review process, the images cannot be changed. What should I do now? Has anyone else encountered the same problem as me? If so, please guide me and help me get rid of the pressure...! I would be very grateful if someone guides me in the right direction.
Usman Ali Shah
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I am not sure the answer could be change the conditions of the article like OA (open access) or simply stay as a preprint. I suppose FAQs or receive help from Springer is always a help. Hope it helps
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Some labs now have websites to increase the exposure of their lab. Are you allowed to use your published figures in your own website?
Also, I don't really understand the policy of uploading papers to your website. If it's allowed here in ResearchGate so it is allowed in any website?
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bro hopefully if you got the answer then tell me how to get the permission
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I want to know whether it is right to take copyright by a non-tribe on the traditional knowledge of the tribal community.
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If the information is actively circulating in the community and the community member is conversant with it, I do not see how plagiarism would apply. There are numerous examples of indigenous peoples employing information collected by anthropologists and these range from the works of Franz Boas on the Northwest Coast peoples, to Raymond Firth's "We the Tikopia:...".
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I need appropriate figures and images for review articles
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Dear Rajesh, thank you for asking this important technical question which is certainly of broad general interest to many RG members. Copyright permission must be obtained e.g. when you use a Figure taken from an original research paper in a book chapter or a review article. I fully agree with Robert Trevethan in that obtaining permission to use copyrighted material is very easy nowadays. I only have experience with chemical journals, but there will be no major difference in physics journals. When you access an article online, you will normally find a button named "Rights and Permissions". When you click on this button you will come to a page like "RightsLink" or similar. There you are asked to answer a few questions such as if you are the author of new work (review artcile) and if it's non-commercial etc. If your are working in academia, copyright permission is normally granted for free (see the attached example). In any case make sure to add a Figure caption in your review article like e.g. "Reproduced with permission from Ref. [17]. Copyright 2017 Wiley-VCH."
Good luck with your work and best wishes!
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Please share links to research methodologies in the field of establishing the existence of copyright in the results of various types of creative activity or links to interesting case studies of non-conventional copyright.
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Dear Daniyil Shmatkov thank you for asking this interesting technical question. As an inorganic chemist I personally did not care much about this issue, but I acknowledge that it it is certainly important to other researchers. In addition to the links which have already been suggested, please also have a look at the following potentially useful article:
Comparative Approaches to Fair Use: An Important Impulse for Reforms in EU Copyright Law
This paper has been posted by the author as public full text on RG. Thus it can be freely downloaded as pdf file. Also please see the following RG link:
Study on Copyright Awareness among College Students
You can find and access other helpful references about this research topic by searching the "Publications" section of RG. For example, search e.g. for the term "study of copyright" and then click on "Publications". This will provide you numeous other relevant papers which have been posted by RG members, some of them even as public full texts:
Good luck with your work and best wishes, Frank Edelmann
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I would like to use some of the figures in a book chapter that is going to be published in Springer. As these journals (source of figures) are open access, I would like to just confirm that is it sufficient for me to simply cite publications and no further permission required from journals. Also, is there any restriction in the use of numbers of figures from different articles? Kindly share any other important information regarding the matter.
When I click into reprints and permission, I got the instruction which is attached herewith.
So, I would like to confirm do I need further permission for using some figures from these articles in my book chapter.
With regards
Chitra
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Dear Elangbam Chitra Devi, if the paper is under Creative Commons (in this case "BY" version) license then (as the license tells) you can reuse the material without permission under the sole condition that you cite the original material properly. (Typically it is given how to cite that.)
Kind regards, Balázs
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we get the request to share papers, what is allowed to share with these requests. what can we share without violating copyright policy of various journals
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There seems to be some confusion about copyright issues when it comes to subscription-based journals. Let's be fully clear about this: it is completely legal to provide someone a (hard)copy of your paper, even when it is normally subjected to copyright issues. See for example: https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/copyright
“Authors can use their articles, in full or in part, for a wide range of scholarly, non-commercial purposes as outlined below:
•Use by an author in the author’s classroom teaching (including distribution of copies, paper or electronic)
•Distribution of copies (including through e-mail) to known research colleagues for their personal use (but not for Commercial Use)….”
In the old days… it was quite common to send the author a brief letter requesting a hard -copy, nowadays such request go by e-mail and you get a pdf file (most of the times).
You can upload a hard-copy here on RG (private mode) and send a pdf file to those requesting a hard-copy, it is just another convenient way to do the same.
Best regards.
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I am a journalist and editor and independent scholar. I receive notifications from Research Gate of my published work. I have claimed them as mine -- which they are. Then I am asked to upload full text. The copyright belongs to those publications which published my work, so the full text is with them. Can I upload links to that work when it is open access. Otherwise for copyright reasons I will probably need their consent to upload full texts as published.
Helen Gavaghan
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Hi Helen, Uploading to ResearchGate would be considered Green Open access. Most reputable journals will have a policy on this which typically tells you which version of the article you can uplaod and how long the article will have been published for before you are able to do this. You can find information here SherpaROMEO [ https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ ] or check the journals website or simply ask the publisher. Who onws the copyright is genarlly assigned in the agreement you sign when your work is published. The advice is despite the demands of ResaerchGate, be clear about the copyright situation before you upload. I don't think anything really bad will happen, you might get a take down notice or somthing like that. Of course there are many advantages to open and free access to your work on a platform like ResaerchGate as well. BW Matt
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I copied a paragraph from a academic paper and saved in a word document a few months ago. However, I forgot to leave the reference at that time, so I want to find the reference of that paragraph. I failed when I used Google to search, as it seems the main text is hidden due to the copyright issue. Online free plagiarism checkers did not work either.
It would be highly appreciated if someone can teach me any methods I can try to search the reference.
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Let me try finding the reference for you. Send me the paragraph in a private message.
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This is related to my earlier question. I see each pre-print paper should choose copyright option at Medrxiv, Biorxiv, etc. When I look at Medrxiv, it looks as if there are two commonly used options, CC-BY or CC BY-NC-ND. When I look at open journals, they use CC-BY most often.
I wonder if anybody could make comments on pros and cons.
The link is:
I would appreciate it.
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Another question is if you have any problems when choosing CC-BY or CC-BY-NC-ND. Specifically, when journal use CC-BY and if you use CC-BY-NC-ND or vice versa, does that interfere with anything?
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I intend to use a scale that is copyright but I would be using part of it and would test CFA, do I need to obtain permission? For obtaining permission whom I have to approach?
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Safest generally to request permission, from copyright owner, when you have such wonderings—provided you are willing to not use another's content. Permission is usually safer than risking your own fair use analysis. Assuming everything is under USA law. Also assumes the items you want to use are original with the copyright claimant of that questionnaire, rather than originally from another source, such as a few items from MMPI. Daniel Kegan, Chicago.
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Most, if not all, publishers approach the acquisition of original work through the transfer of publication rights of the author to those of the publisher. Hence, the copyright is given to the publisher vs. the author. I propose that instead of lessening the value of published works through Open Access, publishers should offer authors the opportunity to benefit more from their own work. My interest is to create a publishing house who LEASES original works while guaranteeing copyright to the author. Of course, individual agreements would include a negotiated percentage of compensation above publishing costs, length of lease, marketing responsibilities, etc. When you answer, please tell me if you are new to publishing, have published in journals, or have published books. It would also be nice to know how many estimated items in journals and/or book publications. Thank you!
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Yes, your proposal is quite promising so I would recommend your model.
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When we decide to select a journal for publication of a research article. Sometimes we get confused among impact factor and quartile ranking. Some journals have high impact factor but low quartile ranking and vice-versa. So, Readers are requested to express their valuable suggestions for the same.
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Choosing the right journal for publication can be a challenge. If I understand correctly, you wish to publish content from your thesis in the form of a journal article I am unsure as to how you can co-author thesis with other people, though. Did you mean that you have co-authored two other manuscripts that you wish to submit to journals?
The following points can be kept in mind for selecting a journal:
First ensure your indexation preference – SCI/SCIE/SSCI/ESCI/PubMed/Scopus etc. You can refer http://mjl.clarivate.com/ for finding the indexation of SCI/SCIE/SSCI/ESCI and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals for finding PubMed indexation.
Make a list of available journals in your subject area and survey the type of articles published in them. Compare the quality of your articles to those published in these journals and then make a list of journals with a suitable impact factor range.
Make sure the aims/scope of the journals match that of your study.
Check for the types of articles published by the journals.
Check all the other aspects of the journal such as peer-review process, instructions to authors, open access options, audience/readership of the journal, information about the publisher, time for peer review, acceptance/rejection rates etc.
Then, make a final list of the journals that meet all your criteria, prepare your manuscript according to the author guidelines and submit the manuscript.
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  • I intend to publish an article that contain results sharing derivative agregated (now row) data and I would like to secure a consent of data producers. As for me this sharing applies copyright. My research use two sets of data collected from two data platforms, both are ok with this sharing (discussed via email). Should I ask a signed consent of data producer? Whether there is a template. How can I assure the fair use of data if these details are not evident in agreements between my employer and data providers ?
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If, as you say, you have emails from the two data providers confirming it is OK for you to use their data, and if you have been very clear exactly what your intentions are, then you have licences from those providers. What is important is that you have told them precisely what you plan to do with their data, including the fact that it is not just their data that is involved. PS Your question seems to cover database rights, not copyright.
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I am looking for free images of plant anatomical structures to be included in a book on plant anatomy. Specifically, I am looking for light microscope images of plant cells and tissues. I have many I have taken myself, but still are missing a few. The sites I have found have watermarked images. I would also like you to recommend a manual on how to cite the source of these images while respecting copyrights. Any information will be appreciated.
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Seems that the images I found have a water mark, or have strong restrictions, so the best way to go is to generate my own images, which is not that bad. It requires more time. The issue here is that images I need will be used for a book , and although I am not expecting to get rich very likely the publishing company will get its share. So the images will be used for commercial purposes. That is the little but important detail that makes this issue tricky. Thank you all for your interest.