Re: HPS and the internet

[JMUCKERHEIDE@delphi.com]

Bruce, et al, 
 
> Hi All,
> 
> Naive, yes thats me! *grins*
> 
> Stupid, well... Momma always told me....
> 
> Along the copyright issue, there is a WWW site for copyright involving 
> the internet, and I think EVERONE here should read it. 
> 
> For instance, all e mail is copy righted. 
> 
> http://www.benedict.com/
> 
> -Bruce Busby

Don't worry about it. They just don't see the "electronic publishing" debate
going on in other arenas that will change the ground rules and costs and
economic models that puts quality work in the hands of most for free or low
cost (like a library where the material is freely available but costs are
covered indirectly thru other sources). 

The HPJ and others will be changed in the high-cost economic publishing model
as libraries no longer get/have the resources to buy such materials at
exhorbitantly high prices and other models that will cover the real costs of
producing quality materials at lower costs, with more author involvement and
responsiveness. The publishers are trying to keep up with this with different
visions of how they will change (or refuse to change til they are run over). 

HPS should have an effort to stay close to this because it will affect the
Journal and the Journal will affect the Society's economics -- being at (or
near) the leading edge will keep this emerging issue from being a crisis a few 
years down the road. 

Regards, Jim