Fair Use In Scientific Blogging

GrumpySimon writes "Recently, the well-read science blog Retrospectacle posted an article on a scientific paper that concluded that alcohol augments the antioxidant properties of fruit. The blog post reproduced a chart and a table from the original article and everything was fully attributed. When the publisher John Wiley & Sons found out, they threatened legal action unless the chart and table were removed. Understandably, this whole mess has stirred up quite a storm of protest. Many people see Retrospectacle's action as plainly falling under fair use. There is a call for a boycott of Wiley and Wiley's journals."

Agreed, and more so...

[RingDev]

What's the point in publishing a paper that you want no one to cite!?

-Rick

Re:I bet thats what happened

[pedalman]

Or maybe Jerry Taylor [wikipedia.org] is moonlighting at John Wiley & Sons....

Re:Ridiculous

[mindwhip]

Gah! I just spent 10 minutes trying to remember what my dam password is... (well 2 minutes anyway)