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International Copyright and Mathematics

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Nobody should suppose that intellectual property law was created for the benefit of mathematicians. The chief direct effect of intellectual property law on mathematics is to restrict the copying of mathematical publications. In a world where (we are told) the average mathematical paper is read by 1.6 people, most mathematicians pray for anything that will give their writings a wider circulation.

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  1. School of Mathematical Sciences Queen Mary, University of London,  

    Wilfrid Hodges

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  1. Department of Mathematical Science, Tsinghua University, P.O. Box, Beijing, P.R. China

    Fengshan Bai

  2. Mathematisches Institut, TU Berlin, P.O. Box

    Bernd Wegner

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Hodges, W. (2003). International Copyright and Mathematics. In: Bai, F., Wegner, B. (eds) Electronic Information and Communication in Mathematics. ICM 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2730. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45155-6_8

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