Re: electronic journals CCC

[Karl-Josef Ziegler <kziegler@uni-koblenz.de>]

Dear Mr. Watkinson!

But there's one significant difference: in the Tasini case the publishers
don't want to pay additional fees to authors for 'electronic re-use' of
their articles; but of course the same publishers want to get additional
money from libraries for using this electronic content they don't had paid
for. What's the logic behind this? Pure shareholder value?

Best regards,

- Karl-Josef Ziegler

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Anthony Watkinson wrote:

> I really am not up to speed on US legislation but could not be seen as
> rather like the Tasini case? You cannot assume that rights given in print
> are automatically given in electronic (which was what the newspapers did)
> and as far as exceptions to copyright protection (which is what fair use
> is about) surely the legislation assumes print. I am open to being shot
> down. I know the law is complicated.
> 
> Anthony Watkinson
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick Anderson <rickand@unr.edu>
> To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 9:31 PM
> Subject: RE: electronic journals CCC
> 
> > I don't think that most publishers are actually out there rubbing their
> > hands together and plotting the demise of fair use in any specific way.
> > However, just about every license I examine forbids behavior that would be
> > considered well within fair-use boundaries in the print realm.  It's
> > understandable -- large-scale piracy of print materials is difficult,
> > whereas with electronic materials it's absurdly easy, so it makes sense to
> > impose more stringent restrictions on electronic stuff.  But there's
> > nothing about the fair use doctrine itself that makes, say,
> > electronic-to-electronic exchange unacceptable -- fair use doctrine talks
> > about intent, scale and market impact, not format.
> >
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