In the context of this copyright website, the “user” may be any one of a large number of potential parties: fellow researchers, students, trade and industry, government, and the general public. The user is the party who ultimately wishes to have access to the scientific/scholarly material, whether or not via an electronic periodical, a repository, or another public website.
For the user, digitisation means:
- an enormous improvement in the accessibility of available scientific/scholarly material;
- more complex legal rules regarding the use/reuse and distribution of this scientific/scholarly material.
The aim of Open Access pursued by researchers and universities has benefited users. The principle of Open Access is that the results of publicly financed research should also be publicly accessible.
In the context of this copyright website, the “user” has a relationship with:
- the author – when the user wants to use his/her material;
- the institution – when the user wants to use material from a repository;
- the publisher – when the user wants to make use of its publications.
What information does this website provide for users?
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