Internet vs. Publishing (Re: BioMed Central Authors to retain copyright)

[Rick Anderson <Rick_Anderson@uncg.edu>]

> Perhaps, the Internet will be
> the death knell of the publishing industry, but I would not want to bet my
> job or my tenure on it.

The April 27 issue of the New York Review of Books has a really
fascinating article on this very topic by Jason Epstein -- anyone
interested can see it at this URL:

http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/WWWarchdisplay.cgi?20000427055F


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