Comments on: Copyright and CAS Numbers http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:41:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: chemspy http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html/comment-page-1#comment-381121 chemspy Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:15:21 +0000 http://www.chemspy.com/chemistry-news/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html#comment-381121 CAS has budged - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAS_registry_number "CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, is pleased to announce that it will contribute to the Wikipedia project. CAS will work with Wikipedia to help provide accurate CAS Registry Numbers® for current substances listed in Wikiprojects-Chemicals section of the Wikipedia Chemistry Portal that are of widespread general public interest." More on this <a href="http://www.chemspider.com/blog/a-message-of-support-and-public-service-from-the-chemical-abstracts-service.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> CAS has budged – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAS_registry_number

“CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, is pleased to announce that it will contribute to the Wikipedia project. CAS will work with Wikipedia to help provide accurate CAS Registry Numbers® for current substances listed in Wikiprojects-Chemicals section of the Wikipedia Chemistry Portal that are of widespread general public interest.”

More on this here

]]> By: chemspy http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html/comment-page-1#comment-381126 chemspy Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:39:35 +0000 http://www.chemspy.com/chemistry-news/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html#comment-381126 Ah, righto, Will. Thanks for that clarification. You're probably entirely right in terms of the use of the CAS database, but in terms of using a CAS number(s) in isolation (perhaps picked up from other sources/databases) that would not, presumably, be covered by the CAS T&Cs. I'm no lawyer either, so hopefully others will pitch in with their thoughts on this. db Ah, righto, Will. Thanks for that clarification. You’re probably entirely right in terms of the use of the CAS database, but in terms of using a CAS number(s) in isolation (perhaps picked up from other sources/databases) that would not, presumably, be covered by the CAS T&Cs. I’m no lawyer either, so hopefully others will pitch in with their thoughts on this.

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]]> By: Will http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html/comment-page-1#comment-381125 Will Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:25:37 +0000 http://www.chemspy.com/chemistry-news/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html#comment-381125 I think CAS numbers (a small sequence of characters that describe something) are not a creative work. Unless phone no.'s are? Is this URL (a small sequence of characters which describes this post) copyrightable?: http://www.chemspy.com/chemistry-news/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html I dont think so, its the contents of the page that are. What stops the redistribution of CAS no.s is the terms and conditions you sign up to when you use CAS Databases not copyright law (which should quite rightly be respected as CAS pointed out on Wikipedia). But of course, not a lawyer. I think CAS numbers (a small sequence of characters that describe something) are not a creative work. Unless phone no.’s are?

Is this URL (a small sequence of characters which describes this post) copyrightable?:
http://www.chemspy.com/chemistry-news/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html

I dont think so, its the contents of the page that are.

What stops the redistribution of CAS no.s is the terms and conditions you sign up to when you use CAS Databases not copyright law (which should quite rightly be respected as CAS pointed out on Wikipedia).

But of course, not a lawyer.

]]> By: ChemSpiderMan http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html/comment-page-1#comment-381124 ChemSpiderMan Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:01:40 +0000 http://www.chemspy.com/chemistry-news/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html#comment-381124 I'll wait for a lawyer to comment on Creative Works etc. For the moment I remain hopeful that an appropriate discussion can resolve this issue of allowing the posting of about 5000 CAS numbers for encyclopedic content. I’ll wait for a lawyer to comment on Creative Works etc. For the moment I remain hopeful that an appropriate discussion can resolve this issue of allowing the posting of about 5000 CAS numbers for encyclopedic content.

]]> By: chemspy http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html/comment-page-1#comment-381123 chemspy Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:52:54 +0000 http://www.chemspy.com/chemistry-news/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html#comment-381123 Thanks for the additional link. It is a tangled web and I'm sure the lawyers will rub their hands all the way to the bank (as usual) once it "kicks off" db Thanks for the additional link. It is a tangled web and I’m sure the lawyers will rub their hands all the way to the bank (as usual) once it “kicks off”

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]]> By: Joerg Kurt Wegner http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html/comment-page-1#comment-381122 Joerg Kurt Wegner Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:30:33 +0000 http://www.chemspy.com/chemistry-news/copyright-and-cas-numbers.html#comment-381122 <a href="http://www.chemspider.com/blog/cas-discourages-using-scifinder-to-help-curate-wikipedia-structures-and-cas-numbers.html" rel="nofollow">Physchim62</a> gave a good reply on Tony's blog citing also some DB law terms. Anyway, HELP, are there any lawyers in the blogosphere we can ask ? Physchim62 gave a good reply on Tony’s blog citing also some DB law terms.

Anyway, HELP, are there any lawyers in the blogosphere we can ask ?

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