The simple answer is 'no', you may not publish Cochrane Reviews directly on your Web site. The Collaboration has given Update Software the exclusive rights to manage the electronic publication of Cochrane Reviews. Access to Cochrane Reviews should not be a problem. In the UK, all NHS employees and all College and University library users will soon have access. Discussions are also underway to make the reviews available in Public Library systems, and through the NHS Direct Online Web site.
Similar discussions are underway in other countries and with other information providers.
Update Software is working hard to make the Reviews widely accessible, and these efforts are now starting to pay off. The 8th Cochrane Colloquium took place in Cape Town during the last week of October 2000. The Gynaecological Cancer Review Group was represented by all three staff from the editorial base, as well as editors, and reviewers, not to mention a number of others, such as statisticians who have in some way contributed to the work of the group. A number of these people were representing more than one Cochrane entity. There were numerous workshops and plenary sessions to accommodate all interests and needs, but with such a short time, most of us could not attend all that we wanted to.