Re: copyright question

["Joseph J. Esposito" <espositoj@worldnet.att.net>]

This is also what the so-called "database bill," which is much maligned,
would do.  It would take nothing out of the public domain and anyone who
went to the trouble of reaggregating it could do so.  What's good for
JSTOR is good for the Thomson Corporation, no?

Joe Esposito

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <adam.chesler@rcn.com>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: copyright question

> JSTOR is not "locking up" anything:  they're merely taking the initiative
> to put this material into their proprietary digital service.  If the
> source material is in the public domain, anyone else could do the same
> thing and make it freely available.  The fact that JSTOR chooses to charge
> for access to their service, and the fact that many people find the added
> value of said service worth paying for, doesn't preclude alternative
> services from developing:  they're not removing the content from the
> public domain.
>
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