Re: Snooze/lose (Was: Academics and coursepacks)

On 31 Aug 1998, Michael Scarpitti <mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> wrote:
>
> Yes, I want to see some sort of "linkage". After five years OOP, it
> becomes public domain. Keep it in print, up to some rational maximum,
> it keeps the copyright. This means a book need be printed only once
> every five years, which should be ample.

This is very unfair to authors.

The decision to keep a work in print is made by the publisher and not by the owner of the copyright.

Albert Henderson, <70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Thu Sep 03 1998 - 15:42:36 GMT