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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 >