why dont you just read the papers, learn what they are talking about, then offer you’re services to your clients as your own conglomerate of expertise, and knowledge of your subject of specialisation.

You’re clients do not need to read the papers, that is YOUR JOB.

If your level of expertise is the scour the web for possible information that will help your clients, then just providing that info directly to them, (without YOU inbetween as a filter/interpreter).

Then really, what point is there for you in doing ANYTHING ???

As an electronics engineer, if someone asked me to design something, and I just searched the web for something “almost like” what they want.

Then I would NEVER EVER get any work, my clients would drop me like a bomb.

They expect ME to do the research, to find the information and to present that information to my clients in a clear and consice and informative manner.

If I ever forwared them something I found ‘off the net’ or the result of someone elses ‘paper’.

They would think I am an idiot and incompetent.

If I have to purchase data sheets on components that are copyright there is NO way that I would consider that I needed to purchase that information for my clients as well.

No, I buy the data sheets, and I design the system, then when I invoice them for MY work, I include the price of the components, and my time.

those components would include the actual physical component and the data sheets and any other copyrighted material that I had to purchase.

The client does not get the copyright to those data sheets, neither do it, therefore I cannot copy that information and provide it to my clients.

Everyone in the ‘loop’ understand this process, they know that when they ask me to design something, I will NOT require them to “train” me on how to do my job.

They will NOT expect to pay for any text books, or for my past years of study, they hired me because they understood that I have allready gone to the expese of studying and buying the material I need.

If someone asked me to design and build a radio transmitter and I came back to them with “Sure, but you are going to have to teach me how to do it, or pay for me to learn how to do that”..

They would say “on second thought, we’ll get someone else”..

It all boils down to “what are YOU doing for your clients?”

If you just pick the eye’s out of others work and ‘pass it on to you’re clients’ with no ‘value adding’ then I would expect you not maintain that position for any decent period of time, or if you do, you are a good con artist.

Either way, its a bit sad to think that is how most people think that is how they have to work.

that if you cannot use other peoples stuff for free, you cannot do anything creative yourself, independently.

Which of the two do you prefer? Or do you have a third option? (And let me be clear: raising taxes to pay for an officer and copyright is theoretically an option, but not a valid one).

Yes…

(Darryl to client)…

” I read this really interesting scientific paper last week, it was called Principia Mathematica by this guy called Isaac Newton.

I read it, and understood it, and I feel that some of the techniques and idea’s presented in it can be applied to OUR work!”

“Ive read it, and using the idea of an integral and ‘the limit’ can be applied to anti-malware techniques.”

(YOUR CLIENT, BOSS).

Great, will it cost us anything.

(Darryl)

“No, you do not have to read the paper if you do not want too, and you do not have to purchase it either, or even understand it,,, thats MY JOB, after all you employed ME as the expert, im just doing my job, which includes knowing my job, and knowing and keeping up with advancements in science and technology, THAT IS WHY YOU PAY ME, VERY WELL!!!”