copyright ? display of crystal structures from atomic coordinates

[Armel Le Bail]

>Can I display crystal structures using atomic coordinates from publications
>on my webpage without the consent (but with citation) of the author ? Does
>it fall under "fair use" (sorry, don't know the exact term) ? What about
>very old papers (1930-50) ?

To my knowledge, those coordinates are already gathered in databases
like CSD, ICSD, CRYSTMET, PDB and I have never heard about any
permission asked to the >1000 journals or >200000 authors... In principle,
everyone can build a database. Simply do it ! Copy the coordinates from
the journals, not from the already existing databases ;-).

Best,

Armel Le Bail - Universite du Maine, Laboratoire des Fluorures,
CNRS ESA 6010, Av. O. Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans Cedex 9, France
http://www.cristal.org/


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