Re: Wellcome Trust report

["Sally Morris \(ALPSP\)" <chief-exec@alpsp.org>]

VAT is not only a UK problem - it applies in almost every European
country, where print is rated at the lowest rate and electronic at the
highest.

Sally Morris, Chief Executive
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UU, UK

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ALPSP Training Course: Introduction to Copyright - 15 June 2004 - see
http://www.alpsp.org/training/tITC06041104.htm

----- Original Message ----- 
From: ""FrederickFriend"" <ucylfjf@ucl.ac.uk>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 1:55 AM
Subject: Re: Wellcome Trust report

> I suspect that if libraries were to be given the option of dropping print
> in return for a 25% reduction in price, many would go for that option.
> That size of reduction in price would more than cover the VAT, which
> anyway is only a UK problem. Globally, savings on subscription prices of
> that order of magnitude would make a significant contribution towards
> financing a secure archive. Libraries have not been offered that option
> and therefore there has not been the financial incentive to move away from
> print. And if some subscribers want to retain print, surely they and not
> all subscribers should bear the cost of print?
>
> Fred