Re: copyright expiration as a spur to creativity

On 26 Aug 1998, Jerry Notaro <notaro[_at_]bayflash.stpt.usf.edu> wrote:
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> Daniel J. Schaeffer <daniel_schaeffer[_at_]kirkland.com> wrote:
> >
> > Also, if the ILL system doesn't permit extended lending or easy
> > renewals -- doesn't that mitigate more in favor of modifying the ILL
> > system, rather than the copyright laws?
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> ILL is voluntary. Some participate, and some do not. It is an academic
> courtesy, not a legal obligation.

Quite right -- just as any publisher / author may choose to participate or not in a document delivery or other copying program.

If library collection growth would keep up with the growth of researchers' published work product, as it did prior to the election of Richard Nixon, we would not be so dependent on the courtesies of ILL and other copy services.

Albert Henderson, Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY <70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Fri Aug 28 1998 - 13:52:43 GMT