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RE: Nature Questions

Kerry says,

> With all due respect, how can transferring costs from cancelled individual
> subscriptions to libraries be fair for libraries and their users?

Well gosh, that's easy: if a library patron used to pay individually for
online access, and she cancels her subscription because she can get the
same access through the library, what could be fairer than transferring
the costs to the library?  Not all the costs, of course, because there
would be economies of scale involved.  But certainly some of them.  The
specific pricing would be a matter of controversy, I'm sure, but the
principle itself seems pretty fair to me.

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