Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 04:19:26 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, "Dr Nancy's Sweetie" <kilroy@copland.rowan.edu> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: ok, try this one: www.t13.org Message-ID: <002c01c0b913$a9bfa440$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <15042.27084.90225.274729@guru.mired.org>
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Mike, if you get a response on this let me know. However, I suspect that the issue isn't books but rather standards documents, which are a completely different issue. For example anyone can walk into an Engineering library and check out IEEE standards documents, these are the same standards that IEEE sells for thousands of dollars or more. It would be no surprise if groups like IEEE were attempting to block off libraries access to new versions of engineering standards. (thank goodness most networking people rejected IEEE's attempt to get their fingers into TCP/IP standardization and stuck with IETF) Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Meyer >Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 2:47 PM >To: Dr Nancy's Sweetie >Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: ok, try this one: www.t13.org > > >Dr Nancy's Sweetie <kilroy@copland.rowan.edu> types: >> I thought this was a bit over the top until I read comments from a >> spokeswoman for a publisher's assocation. She explained that >they've been >> lobbying Congress to limit lending libraries, but few Congressmen want to >> be seen as being against libraries. Ideally, she explained, libraries >> would have to charge a fee to anyone who checked out a book, and would >> only be allowed to stock old books. What's more, only the person who >> checked out a book would be allowed to read it (though she granted that >> this would be difficult to enforce as long as books are still printed on >> paper). > >Do you have a reference for this? I knew that large publishers were >attacking libraries access to new technology, but this takes things to >new extremes. Of course, it's the same direction they've been pushing >things for most of the last century. > > Bleah, > <mike >-- >Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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