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Max Planck's Retracted Papers: Copyright Bot or Human Error?
Key Takeaways
- Two Max Planck papers from 1940 and 1942 were retracted by Springer Nature due to copyright violation.
- Historians Yves Gingras and Mahdi Khelfaoui investigated and suspect an algorithm or bot triggered the retractions.
- Springer Nature claims it was human error in 2011, not a bot.
- The retractions highlight challenges in applying modern digital standards to historical academic works.
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