They just informed me I need a .edu address. Having trouble understanding
the use of the term "public domain" here.

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015, 9:58 PM Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Jun 1, 2015, at 4:33 AM, davesgonechina <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > If your *institutional* email address is not on their whitelist (not sure
> > if it is limited to subscribing ones, they don't say) you cannot register
> > using the signup form, instead you can only request an account by briefly
> > explaining why you want one. Weird, because they'd have potentially
> learned
> > more about me if they just let me put my gmail address in the signup
> form.
> >
> > I don't get it - can all users download public domain content? If they
> give
> > me an account, will I be indistinguishable from a subscribing
> institution?
> > If not, why the extra hoops?
>
>
> Dave, you are the second person to bring this “white listing” issue to my
> attention. Bummer! Yes, apparently, unless your email address is a part of
> wider something or another, then you need to be authorized to use the
> Research Center. Weird! In my opinion, while the Research Center’s tools
> work, I believe the site suffers from usability issues.
>
> In any event, I have enhanced the auto-generated reports created by my
> “Browser”, and while they are very textual, I also believe they are
> insightful. For example, the complete works of:
>
>   * William Ellery Channing - http://bit.ly/browser-channing-about
>   * Jane Austen - http://bit.ly/browser-austen-about
>   * Ralph Waldo Emerson - http://bit.ly/browser-emerson-about
>   * Henry David Thoreau - http://bit.ly/browser-thoreau-about
>
> —
> Eric “Beginning To Suffer From ‘Creeping Featuritis’” Morgan
>