Re: Coursepacks

From: Dan L Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:44:10 -0400

On 6/27/98, Fredrick Rea O'Keefe <fredrick[_at_]tech-center.com> wrote:
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> It's pitiful that academia seems to view the writings of their
> employees

What makes you think that academics are "employees" in any conventional sense of the word?

> as worthless, hence not worth paying the authors for.

What makes you think that material which is not paid for is worthless?

> As a professional writer, I wouldn't give my work away for free -
> it's part of my living.

As an academic, I almost always give my work away for free -- it's part of my living. (Cf. my query above about "employees.")

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Dan L. Burk
Seton Hall University
burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu

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Received on Mon Jun 29 1998 - 15:43:35 GMT