Comments on: Tragedy of Books http://terrya.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/tragedy-of-books/ Teaching and Learning in a Net-Centric World Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:20:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Thomas Sheppard http://terrya.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/tragedy-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1439 Thomas Sheppard Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:59:02 +0000 http://terrya.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/tragedy-of-books/#comment-1439 I would like to see more academic literature made freely available. I get frustrated when I am doing research, find interesting articles, and then to get access to the article I have to pay. I also think it is valid to compensate authors for their work. Would a system of limited copyright work? An author has his published writing protected for a period of time (3-5 years) and then it automatically switches to open access rights? I would like to see more academic literature made freely available. I get frustrated when I am doing research, find interesting articles, and then to get access to the article I have to pay. I also think it is valid to compensate authors for their work.

Would a system of limited copyright work? An author has his published writing protected for a period of time (3-5 years) and then it automatically switches to open access rights?

]]> By: Anne http://terrya.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/tragedy-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1437 Anne Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:39:45 +0000 http://terrya.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/tragedy-of-books/#comment-1437 Hear hear, I heartily concur - we should take the banquet to the streets. But.... how is one to get paid as an author if the works one generates are freely available? Your idealistic talk about moral obligations is in direct conflict with the economic imperative of our society - "I made it and I deserve to be paid for it!!" Personally I would wiave my economic rights in favour of social and moral equity and development. I wonder how many others would. Hear hear, I heartily concur – we should take the banquet to the streets.

But…. how is one to get paid as an author if the works one generates are freely available? Your idealistic talk about moral obligations is in direct conflict with the economic imperative of our society – “I made it and I deserve to be paid for it!!”

Personally I would wiave my economic rights in favour of social and moral equity and development. I wonder how many others would.

]]> By: glen http://terrya.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/tragedy-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 glen Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:56:52 +0000 http://terrya.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/tragedy-of-books/#comment-1436 Not surprising as the AERA is still a bit pre-Web 1.0 in a lot of respects. Any progress on establishing a SIG for DE? Not surprising as the AERA is still a bit pre-Web 1.0 in a lot of respects.

Any progress on establishing a SIG for DE?

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