Re: L.Rev (C) Release

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Mark Lemley <mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Richard Schafer <schafer[_at_]mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Although I can't speak for that particular journal, as a former journal
> > editor I can make some guesses:
> >
> > 1. Journals really want to be the first to publish articles. We
> > would refuse out of hand any submission that had ever been
> > published elsewhere, including on a website.
> >
> *********
>
> This is very interesting, since I and virtually everyone else I know put
> up draft working papers on the Web in order to get comments on our work.
> In fact, there is an organization (SSRN) which has over 11,000 draft
> papers on the Web at last count.

Actually as of this morning SSRN advertised

SSRN Abstract Database:
  15,381 Abstracts

SSRN Electronic Paper Collection:

   4,072 Downloadable Papers

of which 16 (or maybe 12; there seem to be multiple listings) are by Mark (sometimes with co-authors.)

JK

John Kasdan
<kasdan[_at_]columbia.edu> Received on Mon Nov 01 1999 - 15:57:29 GMT