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 (DIR) Post #Ao0mrdod7Rku0r3Xoe by jonny@neuromatch.social
       2024-11-13T07:41:24Z
       
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       so this company "Flow Science" in the US searched for papers that cited their software, cross referenced the authors with their customer list. they tried to shake down some authors in India -- which has very different intellectual property laws than the US -- who pirated the software by offering them 'retroactive licenses.' when they wouldn't pay, Flow Science contacted Elsevier to have the paper retracted, which they did. Elsevier then claims that "it is the journal's responsibility to ensure that pirated software isn't used" as if they didn't own the journal. Right.https://retractionwatch.com/2024/11/08/complaint-from-engineering-software-company-prompts-two-retractions/#ScholComm #RetractionWatch
       
 (DIR) Post #Ao0mrfClxAf4K1ML5M by adredish@neuromatch.social
       2024-11-13T13:59:59Z
       
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       @jonny @tdverstynen Wait!  So now we are doing retractions based on corporate overreach?  And not scientific merit?  This raises a very interesting question of what is the goal of the scientific literature.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ao0mrfDptDVoNJrBk8 by jonny@neuromatch.social
       2024-11-13T07:45:23Z
       
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       first saw this from a website called "plagiarism today dot com" which is my new favorite website https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2024/11/12/two-studies-retracted-for-using-pirated-software/