RE: Napster, Planned Obsolescence & Control

["Lewis, David W." <dlewis@iupui.edu>]

On Tue, 30 May 2000, Lewis, David W. wrote:

  
  I just saw a copy of your "docster" piece.  I was wondering if there is an
  "official" version posted somewhere that I could cite.

Hope you found it useful.

For those interested in the napster model for libraries, I highly recommend
Daniel Chudnov's article "docster" which can be found at:

 http://oss4lib.org/readings/docster.php

David

David W. Lewis
Acting University Librarian
IUPUI University Library
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FAX: 317-278-2300
dlewis@iupui.edu

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> From: 	David Goodman
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> Sent: 	Sunday, June 4, 2000 12:33 PM
> To: 	liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Subject: 	Re: Napster, Planned Obsolescence & Control
> 
> Another way is to drastically lower the cost of production enough to
> permit free distribution. The scholarly journal literature would seem
> an obvious place to start, and all of us on this list are undoubtedly
> familiar with the proposals by Ginsparg and others.
> Perhaps the development of this technology will be the decisive factor so
> long  anticipated.
> 
> I strongly disapprove of the use of such technology
> to obtain illegal access to publications of any sort. I strongly
> advocate the use of this technology to facilitate the
> production and distribution of publications that do not need such
> protection.
> 
> 
> David Goodman, Princeton University
> Biology Library
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