|
|
|
|
||||
|
||||
Copyright and Open Access for Academic WorksFrank Mueller-LangerMax Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law; International Max Planck Research School for Competition and Innovation (IMPRS-CI) Richard WattUniversity of Canterbury - Economics and Finance; The Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI) June 30, 2010 Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 45-65, 2010 Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition & Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-09 Abstract: In a recent paper, Prof. Steven Shavell (see Shavell, 2009) has argued strongly in favor of eliminating copyright from academic works. Based upon solid economic arguments, Shavell analyses the pros and cons of removal of copyright and in its place to have a pure open access system, in which authors (or more likely their employers) would provide the funds that keep journals in business. In this paper we explore some of the arguments in Shavell’s paper, above all the way in which the distribution of the sources of journal revenue would be altered, and the feasible effects upon the quality of journal content. We propose a slight modification to a pure open access system which may provide for the best of both the copyright and open access worlds.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 21 Keywords: Open Access, Academic Works, Effects of Removal of Copyrights JEL Classification: K19, I23 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: November 15, 2010Suggested CitationContact Information
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
© 2013 Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
FAQ
Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Copyright
This page was processed by apollo7 in 0.484 seconds
