From:  Bill Cohen <[log in to unmask]>
On 3/15/12 8:13 PM, LIBLICENSE wrote:

> From: Jean-Claude Guédon<[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:15:02 -0400
>
> Thank you for this comment, Jan. I was beginning to wonder why the
> term "predatory" was assigned to OA ventures only. What is really
> needed is a watch-list for all predatory publishers, non-OA as well as
> OA. Limiting oneself to OA publishers suspiciously looks like an
> attempt (yet another one) to discredit OA publications in general.
>
> Jean-Claude Guédon

This argument is being carried too far.  There is a far cry from
publishers you might deem "overly expensive" and marketed strictly to
professional librarians who are trained to discern such facets, vs.
masses of pay-to-publish journals which spam graduate students and
untenured faculty members.

Predatory means exploitation, not beyond one's budget.   The term is
apt.   It is not logical to assume that this is an attack on all OA
publications since so many like BioMed Central are far afield from the
rotten apples.    Bill Cohen