| Michael Goldhaber on Wed, 14 Jun 2000 01:20:59 +0200 (CEST) |
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| Re: <nettime> [talk given at tulipomania dotcom] |
Wait a minute! Clearly, McKenzie Wark is getting paid for publishing on nettime. Otherwise why would he do it? I want my share. The truth is, of course, Wark hopes to be paid --in attention , and this is the main benefit to academics who publish anything While I agree with him that publishers should not be allowed to obtain unlimited rights just for publishing something, the vast majority of academics would barely make enough money for a good lunch out annually from their writings even if royalties were assiduously collected. Still, many gain considerable attention directly or indirectly through their publications, which leads to rewards of all kinds. If Wark is serious about copyright vigilance for reproduction, he should eschew publishing on nettime. But giving up the international attention would be a mistake that could lead, for instance, to his not being invited to the next international conference. Likewise, keeping hisphotocopied words out of the reach of a few students who chooose not to pay for compiled "readers" (as they must on most US campuses ) might mena a loss of some of the best followers he might otherwise get. -- Best, Michael H. Goldhaber [email protected] http://www.well.com/user/mgoldh/ My E-Letter: to subscribe send blank message to [email protected] # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]