Re: Electronic Reserves

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Tyler Ochoa <tochoa[_at_]law.whittier.edu> wrote:
>
> My point is that for distance learning, there is no constraint on
> the size of the class. If you are limited to students that you can
> serve in person, the number of students is limited by the size of
> the classroom and by the need to circulate the tangible copy on
> reserve. If you have an electronic copy, there is no practical
> limit on the size of the class. You could have 10,000 people
> register for your on-line class, and you would still only have to
> put one electronic copy on reserve; whereas if you had 10,000
> people enrolled in person, you would need to put many more tangible
> copies on reserve.

They're getting more tuitions, they need more copies. What do tuitions pay for, anyhow, if not knowledge resources? I don't see how the capability of electronics for massive copying presumptavely turns infringement into a "fair use" that guts the market for the author and publisher.

Albert Henderson, Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY <70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Thu Nov 19 1998 - 01:06:24 GMT