Re: Indirectly related to the Texaco decision

     I think that the Texaco problem persists in the electronic world. First, the cost of electronic reference sources is generally higher than their paper counterparts. Unless you presume that electronic journals will cease to be peer-reviewed and to be distributed by the current batch of for-profit publishers, there is very little difference. My point here is that cost will make it at least equally desirable to cut corners.  

     Second, copying will be easier and, since storage gets cheaper and cheaper, scholars will want to store on their own computers for future use more and more of what they think they may someday want to use.

James N. Myers
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On Tue, 29 Nov 1994, Eugene Volokh wrote:
>
> 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>
Received on Wed Nov 30 1994 - 15:36:04 GMT