Kate Benson, Sydney Morning Herald; Copyright breaches land group in trouble:
"An anti-vaccination group is under fire for allegedly breaching copyright laws by selling newspaper and medical journal articles online without permission from the authors.
The Australian Vaccination Network, which was the subject of a public warning issued by the Health Care Complaints Commission last month, withdrew 11 information packs from its website yesterday after complaints from authors.
The packs, which were selling for up to $128, included home-made books filled with articles photocopied from journals around the world, information on drugs taken from MIMS, the medical guide used by doctors and nurses, and copies of brochures inserted in medication boxes by pharmaceutical companies.
Under the Copyright Act, articles can be copied for personal research or for use by students but cannot be disseminated widely or sold...
Mary-Anne Toy, from The Age newspaper, said she did not recall giving the network permission to sell her work and would seek payment. Leigh Dayton, a science reporter at The Australian newspaper, was also unaware her story was being sold.
Kate Haddock, a copyright lawyer, said those found breaching the law could face substantial damages.
Damages would increase if articles were reproduced in a way which would cause readers to think less of the writers, Ms Haddock said."
http://www.smh.com.au/national/copyright-breaches-land-group-in-trouble-20100831-14fna.html
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