From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 20:33:18 +0000

To correct my posting below: the wording in EMP's announcement is a bit
tricky, but if you read it carefully (more carefully than I obviously did
at first) you will notice that EMP's announced intention is not to
discontinue its "suits" (plural) against McMaster and Askey, but only to
discontinue the "suit" (singular) against McMaster and Askey -- which is
to say, one of the two suits currently in play. They have not yet said
anything about the suit against Askey himself.

Rick Anderson


On 3/4/13 1:11 PM, "LIBLICENSE" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:44:28 +0000
>
>This just in: Edwin Mellen Press has publicly announced its intention
>to "discontinue" the two lawsuits it filed against Dale Askey and
>McMaster University:
>
>http://bit.ly/YQm4uV
>
>A few quick observations:
>
>1. The difference between "discontinue" and "drop" may be worth noting.
>
>2. The tone and content of EMP's announcement offer an interesting
>window into the company's attitude towards the community it purports
>to serve.
>
>3. EMP's announcement makes repeated reference to a "social media
>campaign" on behalf of Askey and against EMP. However, as a commenter
>noted (and I documented) following a posting I made on this topic at
>the Scholarly Kitchen, if there was an orchestrated "social media
>campaign" during this event, it appears to have been conducted on
>behalf of EMP ‹ someone commenting under the name "Thomas Anthony
>Kelly" posted the identical comment in support of EMP to hundreds of
>blogs and web pages. When this fact was exposed publicly, the comments
>began disappearing.
>
>---
>Rick Anderson
>Interim Dean, J. Willard Marriott Library
>University of Utah
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