From: Kevin Smith <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:42:40 +0000 In the Beall case, there has only been a threat; no lawsuit filed as yet, so it may be premature for a defense fund. The Edwin Mellon Press suit against another librarian trying to inform the community about allegedly dubious business practices has been filed, however. It is interesting to me that the two lawsuits (one still embryonic) are really over the same thing -- attempts, which may or may not have been accurate, to identify predatory business practices. One involves the OA publishing world and one involves the world of more traditional publishers, and from both worlds there has been legal pushback. If nothing else, this unfortunate concurrence of events should remind us that publishing ethics is an inclusive concept, and breaches of those ethics can occur regardless of the format or business model. Kevin L. Smith, M.L.S., J.D. Director, Copyright and Scholarly Communication Duke University, Perkins Library P.O. Box 90193 Durham, NC 27708 [log in to unmask]