Question: does permission to distribute reprints include pdf files?

[Sue Swanson <swanson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleagues,

A professor on campus has a copyright question that I don't feel competent
to answer.  Perhaps one of you can help:

> I have a copyright question you may be able to help me with. A researcher from Germany just contacted
> me requesting a "reprint" from one of my published papers (a 1998 Cell paper), but she would like it
> as a pdf file. I do have the pdf file on my computer and could easily e-mail it, but wonder if sharing > it is allowed by copyright laws?

Thanks for your help!

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Susan E. Swanson, Librarian for Access Services
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