Re: IP law and society (was "protecting inventions")

From: Spectrum Press <specpress[_at_]earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 06:44:07 -0600

On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Harold Federow <hfederow[_at_]u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
> This is not to downplay the fact that the private publishers have
> really jumped into the area and have probably inflated prices more
> than need be.
>
> Incidentally, if Science Week is the one I think it is, I used to
> love it as a kid.

Yes, they have jumped into the arena, and yes, they have inflated prices. So the point is made, and we are in agreement that journal costs have been inflated by commercial publishers.

As far as Physical Review is concerned, your info is probably not relevant: there are now many more sections being published in many more issues. What you need is a figure for the cost per page to the subscriber. Try that.

Concerning SCIENCE-WEEK, whatever you were reading "as a kid", this one is not that one. :)

Dan Agin
Editor-in-Chief
SCIENCE-WEEK

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<specpress[_at_]earthlink.net> Received on Wed Jun 25 1997 - 11:43:50 GMT