Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?
DR_MING
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June 29, 2026
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mellosouls
Discussed a couple days ago: Springer Nature has removed two studies by Max Planck (science.org) 389 points, 196 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48686834
aleph_minus_one
> The specific reason for the retractions was copyright violation, so there was nothing wrong with the actual papers from a scientific standpoint. There is a reason why the German portmanteau word "Zensurheberrecht" ("Zensur": censorship; "Urheberrecht": the related concept to copyright in German law) exists.