How Does the Texaco Case Affect Photocopying by Scientists?

doi:10.1126/science.270.5241.1450

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Science 1 December 1995:
Vol. 270. no. 5241, pp. 1450 - 1451
DOI: 10.1126/science.270.5241.1450

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Policy Forum

The National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (1)

Even after two revisions, the 1995 opinion of the United States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) in American Geophysical Union v. Texaco, Inc. fails to clarify the rules for photocopying articles from scientific journals. The National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists, identifies unresolved issues directly affecting research scientists and invites comments from readers.

(1) This essay was prepared for the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS), a joint committee of the AAAS and the American Bar Association Science and Technology Section, under the direction of Barbara Mishkin and Joseph M. Potenza, with the assistance of Victor Marton. A working draft was circulated to all NCLS members and the final text reflects comments received.
Barbara Mishkin, Hogan and Hartson, Washington, DC; Alan I. Leshner, National Institute on Drug Abuse; R. Stephen Berry, University of Chicago; Linda M. Distlerath, Merck Research Laboratories; Alicia K. Dustira, Office of Research Integrity; William P. Gardner, University of Pittsburgh; Paul Goldstein, University of Texas; Rebecca Klemm, Klemm Analysis Group, Washington, DC; Bert Black, Weinberg & Green, Baltimore, MD; Alice H. Fraenkel, Columbus, OH; Françoise Gilbert, Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, IL; Joseph M. Potenza, Banner and Allegretti, Ltd., Washington, DC; Joseph I. Rosenbaum, New York, NY; Oliver R. Smoot, Information Technology Industry Council, Washington, DC; Lee Loevinger, Hogan and Hartson, Washington, DC