12th April 2011, 10:33 AM
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by definition. free and liberal reference to the work of others, with commensurate acknowledgement, is the mainstay of archaeological theory and practice and archaeology would be ruined without it
...up to a point, this is covered by Section 30 of the act:
(1)Fair dealing with a work for the purpose of criticism or review, of that or another work or of a performance of a work, does not infringe any copyright in the work provided that it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement [F1 and provided that the work has been made available to the public].
But I would draw the line at free and liberal reference - reproducing any maps/figures/photographs or entire chapters of a report, without permission - that would be seen as an infringement.
Presumably, this is why in the past some HER offices I've used have allowed you to photocopy a limited number of pages from a report, but not the entire report itself.
Interestingly, if we consider our work/reports as research, then under Section 29 (Fair Dealing and private research) we would be unable to include material from other reports when working for a client.
ShadowJack