Re: copyright management information?

On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, C.E. Petit <cepetit[_at_]usa.net> wrote:
>
> That said, it's still inexcusable. Since there's no compensation
> (other than the dubious courtesy of contributors' copies) for
> publishing a law review article, is there adequate consideration
> for transfer of copyright? As a matter of fairness, etc., I don't
> believe so. But, since adequacy of consideration is seldom inquired
> into, that argument won't fly. It is still, however, unethical for
> an academic publisher to demand copyright in a law review article.
> Then again, these are the trustees who look the other way at NCAA
> violations, so long as the team is winning...

I certainly support the position of writers when we are up against the interests of publishers, but I must disagree that the assignment of copyright has anything to do with ethical considerations on either side.

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