Re: Coursepacks

From: Dan L Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:50:53 -0400

On 6/27/98, Fredrick Rea O'Keefe <fredrick[_at_]tech-center.com> wrote:
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> Not having the deep interest in avoiding payment of legally due
> copyright fees,

You are (again) making the unwarranted assumption that the fees are legally due.

> and as a publisher/editor/writer and business person, I have no
> doubt that my having assigned the right to collect copyright fees
> on my (publications') behalf to CCC is justified, and beneficial
> to those who want an easy method to pay for what they use. A
> legitimate "user's fee".

Legitimate except, of course, when it isn't. As several people have now pointed out in this thread, the fact that material is copyrighted does not necessarily mean that a fee is due for its use in every circumstance. The CCC licensing mechanism is useful only in those circumstances when a fee is due, and, I repeat with feeling, has no independent logical relevance as to whether or not a fee is due.

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

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Received on Mon Jun 29 1998 - 15:47:08 GMT