Indirectly related to the Texaco decision

From: Eugene Volokh <VOLOKH[_at_]law.ucla.edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 20:56:07 PST

    I've recently read a paper that argues that paper research journals are not long for this world. It seems rather well-reasoned and provides some good examples.

    Only tangentially related to copyright, I realize; but the Texaco decision might soon become a good deal less significant (at least in terms of total dollar amount) for the research journals which bred it, as the cost of journals falls.

• Eugene Volokh, UCLA Law <volokh[_at_]law.ucla.edu>
  • Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: amo[_at_]research.att.com Mon Nov 7 06:17:21 1994 To: dfisher[_at_]vuse Subject: The latest revision of "Tragic loss or good riddance ..." Content-Length: 2596

The latest revision of my essay, "Tragic loss or good riddance? The impending demise of traditional scholarly journals" is now available. As before, this revision consists of a condensed version, which is to appear in the Notices Amer. Math. Soc., Jan. 1995, and the full version, which is to be published in Intern. J. Human-Computer Studies (formerly Intern. J. Man-Machine Studies) and reprinted in "Electronic Publishing Confronts Academia: The Agenda for the Year 2000," Robin P. Peek and Gregory B. Newby, eds., MIT Press/ASIS monograph, MIT Press, 1995.

I am very grateful to the many correspondents whose corrections and comments have substantially improved this work.

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amo[_at_]research.att.com Received on Tue Nov 29 1994 - 05:03:46 GMT