Acesso livre e direito de autor: a comunicação científica eletrônica da Ciência da Informação no Brasil e em Portugal

Abstract

An analysis of the current understanding and treatment of author s rights in open access, electronic scientific communication in the area of Information Science, in scientific journals and institutional repositories in Brazil and Portugal between 2001 and 2011. Theoretical fundamentals encompass ontological questions of the individual researcher/intellectual creator, as well as juridical and ethical principles which deal with creation in scientific communication. The goal is to better comprehend, from an ethical viewpoint, the unique aspect which presents itself in the area of scientific intellectual creation. Exploratory research, adopting a mix of methodological procedures the quantitative using questionnaires, and the qualitative using interviews supported by structured questionnaires and a focus group in order to with construct an empirical frame of reference. To this end, electronic scientific communication in the area of Information Science and its implications for authors rights are examined, taking into account the understanding of authors/researchers, editors of scientific journals and managers of institutional repositories in both countries. The current Brazilian and Portuguese legal frameworks in regard to authors rights are addressed in light of the challenges posed by the current digital reality. The general conclusions reaffirm the need for their overhaul and increased clarity in regard to the use of authors rights in scientific works. The conclusion points to a ―common‖ knowledge, which allows for surpassing the limitations of copyright and understanding the authorship of scientific knowledge as part of the singularities which dissolve into this commonality. The central and guiding idea of the questions raised in this thesis is that of a science which belongs to all, and which is not reserved as the private property of anyone - ―science for the masses