In the March 4 IT-Analysis, Bob McDowall reports that ebook copying may grow, especially among impecunious students and institutions, even if it never becomes as common as music copying. One of his recommendations to curb the practice is to charge fees to borrow ebooks, even when no fees are charged today. No joke. (Thanks to LIS News.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/05/2003 08:41:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
